Contributions to Social Ontology

Chapter 1 Introduction - Ontology, Philosophy and the Social Sciences Clive Lawson, John Latsis, Nuno MartinsPART I - Ontology and Social Theory Chapter 2 The ontological status of Subjectivity Margaret ArcherChapter 3 Technology, Technological Determinism and the Transformational Model of Technical Activity Clive LawsonChapter 4 Ontological Theorising and the assumptions issue in economics Stephen PrattenChapter 5 Wittgenstein and the Ontology of the Social: Some Kripkean Reflections on Bourdieu's 'Theory of Practice' Lorenzo Bernasconi-KohnChapter 6 Deducing Natural Necessity from Purposive Activity: The Scientific realist logic of Habermas's theory of Communicative Action and Luhmann's Systems Theory Margaret MoussaChapter 7 Underlabouring for Ethics: Lukics's Critical Ontology Mirio Duayer and Jouo MedeirosPart II - Ontology and Philosophy Chapter 8 Quine and the Ontological Turn in Economics John LatsisChapter 9 Tracking Down the Transcendental Argument and the Synthetic a priori - chasing fairies or Serious Ontological Business David TyfieldChapter 10 Re-examining Bhaskar's Three Ontological Domains: the Lessons from Emergence Dave Elder-VassChapter 11 Real, Invented or Applied? Some Reflections on Scientific Objectivity and Social Ontology Eleonora MontuschiChapter 12 Theorising Ontology Roy BhaskarPART III - Ontology and Applied Research Chapter 13 Freedom, Possibility and Ontology - Rethinking the Problem of 'Competitive Ascent' in the Caribbean. Patricia Northover and Michaeline CrichlowChapter 14 On the Ontology of International Norm Diffusion Lynn SaveryChapter 15 Realist Social Theorising and the Emergence of State Educational Systems Tone SkinningsrudChapter 16 The Educational Limits of Critical Realism? Emancipation and Rational Agency in the Compulsory Years of Schooling Brad ShipwayChapter 17 Economics and Autism: Why the Drive Towards Closure? John LawsonChapter 18 Applying Critical Realism: Re-conceptualising the Emergent Early Music Performer Labour Market Nicholas Wilson