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Traditionally, social entities (i.e., social properties, facts, kinds, groups, institutions,
and structures) have not fallen within the purview of mainstream metaphysics. In this chapter, we
consider whether the exclusion of social entities from mainstream metaphysics is philosophically
warranted or if it instead rests on historical accident or bias. We examine three ways one might
attempt to justify excluding social metaphysics from the domain of metaphysical inquiry and
argue that each fails. Thus, we conclude that social entities are not justifiably excluded from
metaphysical inquiry. Finally, we ask how focusing on social entities could change the character
of metaphysical inquiry. We suggest that starting from examples of social entities might lead
metaphysicians to rethink the assumption that describing reality in terms of intrinsic,
independent, and individualistic features is preferable to describing it in terms of relational,
dependent, and non-individualistic features.
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