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How Essentialism Properly Understood Might Reconcile Realism and Social Constructivism

How Essentialism Properly Understood Might Reconcile Realism and Social Constructivism

Type of Publication: Contribution to a collection
URI (citable link): http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-0-282453
Author: Spohn, Wolfgang
Year of publication: 2014
Published in: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science / Maria Carla Galvanotti ... (ed.). - Cham [u.a.] : Springer, 2014. - (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective ; 5). - pp. 255-265. - ISBN 978-3-319-04381-4
DOI (citable link): https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04382-1_17
Summary:
The paper attempts to reconcile realism and constructivism (i) by endorsing an essentialist conception of the individuation of objects, (ii) by pointing to the conventional character of the essential/accidental distinction, (iii) by noticing that conventions may still leave room for the empirical investigation of essential properties, and (iv) by observing that despite this conventionality realism need not be derogated in any way. The final section points to some consequences for social ontology.
Subject (DDC): 100 Philosophy
Link to License: In Copyright
Bibliography of Konstanz: Yes

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SPOHN, Wolfgang, 2014. How Essentialism Properly Understood Might Reconcile Realism and Social Constructivism. In: MARIA CARLA GALVANOTTI ..., , ed.. New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Cham [u.a.]:Springer, pp. 255-265. ISBN 978-3-319-04381-4. Available under: doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-04382-1_17

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