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Social kinds: historical and multi-functional

Published:2023-07-01 Issue:3 Volume:13 Page:
ISSN:1879-4912
Container-title:European Journal for Philosophy of Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Euro Jnl Phil Sci

Author:

Guala Francesco^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe notion of multi-functional kind is introduced to explain how social scientists may be able to draw inferences across historically unrelated societies or cultures. Multi-functional kinds are neither eternal nor purely historical, support non-trivial inductive generalisations, and allow to overcome scepticism about the inductive potential of multiply realised (functional) properties. Two examples, from monetary economics and anthropology, provide support for a pluralistic ontology of the social world.

Funder

Università degli Studi di Milano

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

History and Philosophy of Science,Philosophy

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13194-023-00534-9.pdf

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