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Ontology Revisited - Metaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy (Paperback)
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Ontology Revisited - Metaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy (Paperback)
Series: Ontological Explorations Routledge Critical Realism
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Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical
habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as
metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological
of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical
commitments regarding what kinds of things exist, as a fundamental
ontological matter, and what they are like. These are topics of
interest not just to social and political philosophers, but to
social scientists and to philosophers of social science as well.
"Ruth Groff has broken new ground in demonstrating the connection
between social and political thought and the ontology of causal
powers. Her account of the structure of Humean thinking about
agency is excellent. Especially significant is the role that she
assigns to Kantianism in the analysis that she develops. She moves
effortlessly between contemporary metaphysics, political theory,
critical social theory, and the history of modern philosophy,
offering trenchant insights along the way into the work of thinkers
ranging from Hume himself to Mill, Adorno, and Martha Nussbaum, and
into debates over agent causation and emergence. There is even a
discussion, in the final chapter, of Spinoza. This is big-picture
philosophy at its best: rigorous and exacting at the level of
detail; original, compelling and systematic in the whole." -
Stephen Mumford, Professor of Metaphysics and Dean of the Faculty
of Arts, University of Nottingham
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