A Social Ontology - Hardcover

Weissman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300079036 ISBN 13: 9780300079036

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2000

Synopsis

A Social Ontology represents an effort to formulate a system of philosophy that is compatible with the nature of the world as described by empirical science. Arguing against the atomism of mainstream Western liberal thought, Weissman argues that all reality is "social" - that is, each particular (organism, individual, etc.) is immersed in high-order systems (in case of humans, this means kin-groups, friendships, political systems etc.). After exploring how the idea of the social ontology works in the case of human experience, Weissman goes on to explore the way this theory can be applied in a range of areas, such as ideas about free speech and ecology.

About this title

About the Author:

David Weissman is professor of philosophy at City College of New York. He is the author of Truth's Debt to Value (ISBN 0 300 05425 4, #27.50) and the editor of Reni Descartes' Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy (ISBN 0 300 06773 9 pb. #10.95), both published by Yale University Press.

Review:

"Philosophers with a fine attachment to 19th-century-style philosophical treatises will enjoy this well-written, well-argued, historically sensitive book." -- Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0300079036
• ISBN 13: 9780300079036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400