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100	1		_aCollin, Finn.
245	1	0	_aSocial reality / _cFinn Collin.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c1997.
263			_a9704
300			_axiii, 252 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aThe Problems of philosophy
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe nature of social reality is a key problem in the philosophy of social science. This book outlines the major issues - historical and contemporary - raised by social reality and social facts. What, after all, are we talking about when we talk about social reality and the facts of social life?
520	8		_aSocial constructivism has become a very influential position, and Finn Collin reviews a number of traditional doctrines in philosophy and social science which support the constructivist position, whilst also exposing the excesses of that particular view.
520	8		_aThis book has something to offer both philosophers and social scientists. To the former it shows how the well-worn topic of realism versus anti-realism (in the broadest sense) assumes new and interestingly varied forms when social reality is substituted for physical reality. For the social scientist, the book offers conceptual clarification of certain key issues in recent social science which are really philosophical issues.
520	8		_aSocial Reality is written for students of philosophy and the social sciences, and lucidly explains - in terms accessible to both disciplines - the problem of social facts and social reality.
650		0	_aReality.
650		0	_aConstructivism (Philosophy)
650		0	_aOntology.
650		0	_aPhilosophy and social sciences.
830		0	_aProblems of philosophy (Routledge (Firm))
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