Getting real about nominalism again
Special forum introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8975209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronjon Paul Datta (0000-0002-6439-9749, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology The University of Windsor Windsor Ontario Canada, corresponding author), Ariane Hanemaayer (0000-0001-6921-6887, Department of Sociology Brandon University Brandon Manitoba Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 510-529 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jtsb.12279 |
| OpenAlex | W3160932027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
Nominalism, while significantly affecting the history and development of modern western thought since the fourteenth century, has unfortunately been neglected in much recent social theory. In this article, we offer an introduction to this Special Forum on nominalism to help redress this circumstance. In addition to this introductory piece, the Forum consists of three articles respectively covering: questions of nominalism, relativism and universalism in relation to Enlightenment debates over China; tensions over nominalist and realist theoretical visualities in Durkheim and Weber; and a critique of nominalist sensibilities in the sociology of finance combined with the articulation of a novel sociologically realist alternative. Specifically, in this piece, we contextualize the emergence of nominalism, adumbrating how it affects a variety of metatheoretical judgments, especially concerning the nature of social reality and what can possibly be known about it. Michel Foucault’s nominalism and Ian Hacking’s conception of ‘dynamic nominalism’ are also discussed. Finally, it invites critical realists to consider how commitments to humanism might implicate them in nominalism
Enlightenment · Epistemology · Nominalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Universalism · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |