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Reification, practice, and the ontological status of social facts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2020

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Simon Frankel Pratt*
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University of Bristol, School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies, 11 Priory Rd., Bristol, BS8 1TU, UK
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Corresponding author. E-mail: simon.pratt@mail.utoronto.ca
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Abstract

In this reply to Miles Evers, I clarify some of my positions and argue that social facts should not be reified. Just as with norms, they should be defined as arrangements of practices rather than as social objects.

Keywords

philosophy of sciencemeta-theorynormsepistemologyontologypractice theorysocial theory
Type
Original Papers
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International Theory , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , July 2020 , pp. 231 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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