Elinor's Ostrom's ‘realist orientation’: An investigation of the ontological commitments of her analysis of the possibility of self-governance

If Not Here, Then Where? On the Location and Individuation of Events in Badiou and Deleuze

Deleuze Studies ◽

10.3366/e1750224109000506 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 97-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

James Williams

Keyword(s):

Short Story ◽

Space Time ◽

Alain Badiou ◽

Ontological Commitments

This paper sets out a series of critical contrasts between Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze's philosophies of the event. It does so in the context of some likely objections to their positions from a broadly analytic position. These objections concern problems of individuation and location in space-time. The paper also explains Deleuze and Badiou's views on the event through a literary application on a short story by John Cheever. In conclusion it is argued that both thinkers have good answers to the objections, but that they diverge on the ontological commitments of their definitions of the event.

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THE SUBSTITUTIONAL QUANTIFICATION IN BASIC LOGIC AND ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENTS IN FORMAL MATHEMATICAL THEORIES

Философия науки ◽

10.15372/ps20160303 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Basic Logic ◽

Substitutional Quantification ◽

Ontological Commitments

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True Imaginings Integrating Panentheism and A Personal View of God

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion ◽

10.24204/ejpr.v11i1.2706 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

Klaus Müller

Keyword(s):

Challenging Problem ◽

Personal View ◽

Ontological Commitments ◽

As If

The perhaps most challenging problem for a panentheistic paradigm in Christian god-talk consists in integrating the trait of personhood in the monistic horizon of this approach. A very helpful way to this goal seems to be the concept of imagination. Its logic of an “as if” represents a modified variation of Kant`s idea of the postulates of reason. Reflections of Jürgen Werbick, Douglas Headley, and Volker Gerhardt substantiate the philosophical and theological capabilities of this solution which also include a sensibility for the ontological commitments included in the panentheistic approach.

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The Structure of Truth

10.1093/oso/9780198842491.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Donald Davidson

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Language ◽

Logical Form ◽

Historical Document ◽

Truth Theory ◽

Ontological Commitments ◽

Theory Of Meaning ◽

First Time

Donald Davidson’s 1970 Locke Lectures appear in print for the first time in this volume, accompanied by an introduction highlighting their significance as a snapshot of his evolving views in the philosophy of language and describing their relationship to the work he published during his lifetime. The lectures comprise an invaluable historical document that illuminates how Davidson was thinking about the theory of meaning, the role of a truth theory therein, the ontological commitments of a truth theory, the notion of logical form, and so on, at a pivotal moment in the development of his thought. Unlike Davidson’s previously published work, they are written so as to be presented to an audience as a fully organized and coherent exposition of his program in the philosophy of language. Had these lectures been widely available in the years following 1970, the reception of Davidson’s work, especially in the philosophy of language, might have been very different. Given the systematic nature of the presentation of Davidson’s semantic program in these lectures, it is hoped that they will be of use to those encountering his thought for the first time.

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Social Ontology and Model-Building: A Response to Epstein

Philosophy of the Social Sciences ◽

10.1177/0048393121991728 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 176-192

Author(s):

Nadia Ruiz

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Social Science ◽

Model Building ◽

Social Ontology ◽

Model Construction ◽

Ontological Commitments ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Social

Brian Epstein has recently argued that a thoroughly microfoundationalist approach towards economics is unconvincing for metaphysical reasons. Generally, Epstein argues that for an improvement in the methodology of social science we must adopt social ontology as the foundation of social sciences; that is, the standing microfoundationalist debate could be solved by fixing economics’ ontology. However, as I show in this paper, fixing the social ontology prior to the process of model construction is optional instead of necessary and that metaphysical-ontological commitments are often the outcome of model construction, not its starting point. By focusing on the practice of modeling in economics the paper provides a useful inroad into the debate about the role of metaphysics in the natural and social sciences more generally.

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Kant's Contribution to Moral Epistemology

PARADIGMI ◽

10.3280/para2012-001003 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 69-77

Author(s):

Carla Bagnoli

Keyword(s):

Ethical Theory ◽

Moral Epistemology ◽

Normative Ethics ◽

Moral Cognition ◽

Ontological Commitments ◽

First Order

This paper argues that the most innovative aspect of Kant's ethical theory is not afirst-order normative ethics, even though the importance and long-lasting mark ofKant's ethics of autonomy cannot be questioned. Rather, it consists in a constructivistaccount of moral cognition. This claim may be perplexing in more than one way, sinceconstructivism is often characterized both as a first-order account of moral judgmentsand as a retreat from epistemological and ontological commitments. This characterizationis misleading in general, and mistaken for Kant's constructivism in particular.Kant's constructivism is a methodological claim about the authority and productivefunction of reason and an epistemological claim about the nature of moral cognitions.

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Agency, Structure and Causality in Political Science: A Comment on Sibeon

Politics ◽

10.1111/1467-9256.00154 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 17-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Paul A. Lewis

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Social Structure ◽

Political Science ◽

Critical Realism ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Recent Contribution ◽

Ontological Commitments ◽

Political Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

Ontological Turn

Researchers in political science are devoting increasing attention to the ontological commitments of their theories – that is, to what those theories presuppose about the nature of the political world. This article focuses on a recent contribution to this ‘ontological turn’ in political science ( Sibeon, 1999 ). Tensions are identified in Sibeon's account of the causal interplay between agency and social structure. It is argued that these tensions can be resolved by reflecting explicitly on ontological issues, in particular the causal efficacy of social structure, using a particular approach to the philosophy of the social sciences known as critical realism. The value of such reflection for the explanatory power of political analysis is highlighted.

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