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recent theories of social ontology  

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  • Social ontology asks in what sense, if any, social entities exist and what the basic nature of social entities and social relations might be. Recently, the focus has been on whether a social group or institution amounts to anything over and above its individual members or functionaries and their psychological attitudes and actions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Social Ontology, Recent Theories of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WMCK3R99-4

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