Redescription, reduction, and emergence: a response to Tobias Hansson Wahlberg

In response to Hansson Wahlberg (2013), this paper argues, first, that he misunderstands the redescription principle developed in my book The Causal Power of Social Structures, and second, that his criticisms rest on an ontological individualism that is taken for granted but in fact lacks an adequat...

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Main Author:	Dave Elder-Vass
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Causal power Critical realism Emergence Mereology Ontological individualism Social structure Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/17421
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