CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Mousareza, Ali |
|---|---|
| Title | Social structural explanations and hylomorphic theories of social groups |
| Summary | According to Haslanger’s account of social structural explanations, some social phenomena are best explained by appealing to social structures. According to this account, social structures are explanatory because they act as social constraint: they constrain and shape individuals’ agencies and actions. In this thesis, I aim at showing that Haslanger’s account is built on (or presupposes) a theory of social group. I will argue that a hylomorphic account of social groups can capture Haslanger’s idea of social constraint. On a hylomorphic account of social groups, this idea of social constraint can be understood in terms of the constraining feature of social group membership. This can be viewed as an argument in favor of using the hylomorphic framework for proposing theories of social groups. I will also use this hylomorphic framework to clarify some problems regarding Haslanger’s account and also highlight the non-causal aspect of it. |
| Supervisor | Maria Kronfeldner |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/mousareza_ali.pdf |
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