Social Complexes and Aspects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19475750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald L M Baxter (University of Connecticut, corresponding author), ProtoSociology Project |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Pages | 155-166 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ProtoSociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1434-4319 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/protosociology2018359 |
| OpenAlex | W2959945005 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Is a social complex identical to many united people or is it a group entity in addition to the people? For specificity, I will assume that a social complex is a plural subject in Margaret Gilbert’s sense. By appeal to my theory of Aspects, according to which there can be qualitative difference without numerical difference, I give an answer that is a middle way between metaphysical individualism and metaphysical holism. This answer will enable answers to two additional metaphysical questions: (i) how can two social complexes have all the same members and (ii) how can there be a social complex of social complexes
Appeal · Epistemology · Holism · Individualism · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Plural · Political science · Social group · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |