The nature of social reality: issues in social ontology

Journal of Critical Realism 20 (3):322-328 (2021)
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Tony Lawson’s book The Nature of Social Reality is an impressive overview of a philosophically coherent social ontology that he has been developing for at least a decade. The book, and the earlier...

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10.1080/14767430.2021.1930469

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original Elder-Vass, Dave (2021) "The nature of social reality: issues in social ontology: by Tony Lawson, Abingdon, Routledge, 2019, 280 pp., £34.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0367188931". Journal of Critical Realism 20(3):322-328

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