[Revised entry by Brian Epstein on March 4, 2024.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Social ontology is the study of the nature and properties of the social world. It is concerned with analyzing things in the world that arise from social interaction, and with explaining what makes them the things they are – that is, how the social world is “constructed.” The field brings together a wide range of social entities and…
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