Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 50 (3):391-408 (2020)
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John Searle has mistakenly claimed that emergence is the central concept in the account of social ontology defended by Tony Lawson, the central figure in the project now regularly referred to as Cambridge Social Ontology. This is not the case. Rather, if any concept can be considered central for Lawson, it is organisation. In this paper, I explain how Searle could misunderstand Lawson and, in doing so, I bring out the importance of organisation for understanding how phenomena, both social and non‐social, are constituted.
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| Keywords | Causal Reduction Downward Causation Emergence Ontology Organisation |
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| DOI | 10.1111/jtsb.12251 |
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Comparing Conceptions of Social Ontology: Emergent Social Entities and/or Institutional Facts?Tony Lawson - 2016 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 46 (4):359-399.
The Limits of Emergence: Reply to Tony Lawson.John R. Searle - 2016 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 46 (4):400-412.
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