An Ontology for Social Reality
This book explores the complex domain of social reality, asking what this reality is, how it is composed and what its dynamics are in both theoretical and practical terms. Through the examination of some of the most important contemporary theories of soci
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An Ontology for Social Reality
Tiziana Andina
An Ontology for Social Reality
Tiziana Andina Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences University of Turin Turin, Italy Translated by Sarah De Sanctis
ISBN 978-1-137-47246-5 ISBN 978-1-137-47244-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-47244-1
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Acknowledgments
I wish to thank the two institutions at which I worked on this book: Labont, at the University of Turin, and the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” at the University of Bonn. Labont, directed by Maurizio Ferraris, has been a very precious work and study place for me for a number of years now. I am very grateful to my friends who have read and discussed the manuscript with me: especially Leonardo Caffo, Maurizio Ferraris, Enrico Terrone, Vera Tripodi and Stefano Vaselli. The Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” is an extraordinary institution directed by Nina Dethloff and Werner Gephart, who have brought to my attention the complexity of intercultural exchanges—which is fundamental to social ontology. Finally, I wish to thank my students at the University of Turin for their accurate and often passionate remarks.
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Contents
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The Domain of Social Ontology 1.1 Conflicting Intuitions: Antigone’s Paradox 1.2 Ontology 1.3 Social Ontology 1.3.1 The Stipulative Model and the
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