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On the Ontological Status of Ideas

Bibliographic Data

ID7102844
AuthorsRoy Bhaskar (corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume27
Issue2-3
Pages139-147
Publication date1997-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-5914.00031
OpenAlexW2112165762
LanguageEN
Citations received34

Four recent turns (realist, processual, holistic and reflexive) in social thought are discussed and related to the four dimensional schema of dialectical realism the author has recently outlined. It is shown how ontology matters, and indeed is not only necessary but inevitable, The nature of the reality of ideas (of different types) is demonstrated and the most prevalent mistakes in the metatheory of ideas and ideation analysed. The significance of categorical realism and the character of those specific types if ideas known as ‘ideologies’ are then discussed. Finally some good and bad dialectical connections of ideas and related phenomena are sketched

Critical realism (philosophy of perception · Dialectic · Epistemology · Ideology · Metatheory · Ontology · Realism · Reflexivity · Schema (genetic algorithms · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy · Political Science Research and Education · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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Citation span2002 - 2026 (25)
Citation velocitycurrent
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