Dave Elder‐Vass
Biographic Data
| ID | 5522589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dave Elder‐Vass |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dave |
| FAMILY NAME | Elder‐Vass |
| SIGNATURE | VASS D E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reply to S ealey and C arter on Realism and Language
This short reply seeks to clarify the concept of linguistic norm circles and to correct some misunderstandings of it implicit in Sealey & Carter's response. It also reinforces some doubts over their version of the linguistic system. Norm circles, it argues, provide an important part of the explanation for linguistic practices, but always in conjunction with other interacting causal powers
Critical Realism and the Social Sciences
Searching for realism, structure and agency in Actor Network Theory1
Superficially, Actor Network Theory (ANT) and critical realism (CR) are radically opposed research traditions. Written from a realist perspective, this paper asks whether there might be a basis for finding common ground between these two traditions. It looks in turn at the questions of realism, structure, and agency, analysing the differences between the two perspectives and seeking to identify what each might learn from the other.Overall, the pa…
Integrating institutional, relational and embodied structure
This paper begins to develop an emergentist and realist account of normative social institutions. The argument is developed as a response to Lopez and Scott's historical portrait of the debate on social structure as a dialogue between two different concepts of structure: institutional structure and relational structure, integrated more recently through the concept of embodied structure. The paper argues that all these approaches tend to neglect t…
Searching for realism, structure and agency in Actor Network Theory1
Superficially, Actor Network Theory (ANT) and critical realism (CR) are radically opposed research traditions. Written from a realist perspective, this paper asks whether there might be a basis for finding common ground between these two traditions. It looks in turn at the questions of realism, structure, and agency, analysing the differences between the two perspectives and seeking to identify what each might learn from the other.Overall, the pa…
Integrating institutional, relational and embodied structure
This paper begins to develop an emergentist and realist account of normative social institutions. The argument is developed as a response to Lopez and Scott's historical portrait of the debate on social structure as a dialogue between two different concepts of structure: institutional structure and relational structure, integrated more recently through the concept of embodied structure. The paper argues that all these approaches tend to neglect t…
Searching for realism, structure and agency in Actor Network Theory1
Superficially, Actor Network Theory (ANT) and critical realism (CR) are radically opposed research traditions. Written from a realist perspective, this paper asks whether there might be a basis for finding common ground between these two traditions. It looks in turn at the questions of realism, structure, and agency, analysing the differences between the two perspectives and seeking to identify what each might learn from the other.Overall, the pa…
Integrating institutional, relational and embodied structure
This paper begins to develop an emergentist and realist account of normative social institutions. The argument is developed as a response to Lopez and Scott's historical portrait of the debate on social structure as a dialogue between two different concepts of structure: institutional structure and relational structure, integrated more recently through the concept of embodied structure. The paper argues that all these approaches tend to neglect t…
Critical Realism and the Social Sciences
Reply to S ealey and C arter on Realism and Language
This short reply seeks to clarify the concept of linguistic norm circles and to correct some misunderstandings of it implicit in Sealey & Carter's response. It also reinforces some doubts over their version of the linguistic system. Norm circles, it argues, provide an important part of the explanation for linguistic practices, but always in conjunction with other interacting causal powers
Critical Realism in Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Realism (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)