Nominalism and the social; Judging the Foundations of the Social Ontology of Nominalism

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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Science and Technology, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies

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The fundamental study of science allows for a more accurate judgment and understanding of its application, way of thinking, and how it studies the world. This is very important that social analysis be base on which preconditions, foundations, and principles because it is able to determine the way of recognition, understanding, and analysis of social phenomena and their features. This article tries to investigate the social ontological foundations of nominalism and that what are its implications in social science, also includes the critique of these social ontological foundations. The research method is an analysis of foundations. Findings show nominalist social ontology is able to decline the social matter instead, amplify individualism discourse.  Moreover, it possible to critique the social ontology by rethinking Karl Popper’s triple worlds.

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Sociological Review
Volume 28, Issue 2
March 2022
Pages 93-120

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