Bridging the Gap: Social Ontology and the Social Sciences

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Sciences </h1> <div class="row"> <div class="main_entry"> <section class="item authors"> <h2 class="pkp_screen_reader">Authors</h2> <ul class="authors"> <li> <span class="name"> Johan Brännmark </span> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="item doi"> <h2 class="label"> DOI: </h2> <span class="value"> <a href="https://doi.org/10.25365/jso-2024-9032"> https://doi.org/10.25365/jso-2024-9032 </a> </span> </section> <section class="item keywords"> <h2 class="label"> Keywords: </h2> <span class="value"> social ontology, methodology </span> </section> <section class="item references"> <h2 class="label"> References </h2> <div class="value"> <p>Ásta (2018). Categories we live by: The construction of sex, gender, race, and other social categories. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190256791.001.0001">https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190256791.001.0001</a>. </p> <p>Brännmark, Johan (2019). “Institutions, ideology, and nonideal social ontology”. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 49(2), pp. 137–159. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393118823265">https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393118823265</a>. </p> <p>Brännmark, Johan (2024). “Three sources of social indeterminacy”. Philosophical Studies 181(1), pp. 65–82. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-023-02079-2">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-023-02079-2</a>. </p> <p>Burman, Åsa (2023). Nonideal social ontology: The power view. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197509579.001.0001">https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197509579.001.0001</a>. </p> <p>Foucault, Michel (1976/1998). The History of Sexuality. Vol. 1. Translated by Robert Hurley. London: Penguin. </p> <p>Gilbert, Margaret (1989). On Social Facts. Princeton University Press. </p> <p>Haslanger, Sally (2021). “Political Epistemology and Social Critique”. Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy 7, pp. 23–65. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897480.003.0002">https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897480.003.0002</a>. </p> <p>Jenkins, Katharine (2023). Ontology and oppression: Race, gender, and social reality. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197666777.001.0001">https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197666777.001.0001</a>. </p> <p>Richardson, Kevin (2024). “Social construction and indeterminacy”. Analytic Philosophy 65(1), pp. 37–52. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/phib.12299">https://doi.org/10.1111/phib.12299</a>. </p> <p>Rust, Joshua (2021). “Max Weber and social ontology”. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 51(3), pp. 312–342. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393120986244">https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393120986244</a>. </p> <p>Searle, John (2010). Making the social world. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195396171.001.0001">https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195396171.001.0001</a>. </p> <p>Tuomela, Raimo (1984). A Theory of Social Action. Dordrecht: D. Reidel. 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