托尼·劳森社会本体论研究

A Study of Tony Lawson s Social Ontology

社会科学是否能够成为一门独立的科学,学界始终存在着争议,当代英国哲学家托尼·劳森的社会本体论思想从社会科学研究对象的实在性出发阐明了社会科学的科学性。本文论述了劳森社会本体论思想的理论缘起,分析了以突现论为内核的社会本体论思想的理论要旨,揭示了突现论社会实体的基本特征,从而表明社会科学在何种意义上能够成为真正的科学。

Whether social science can be an independent science has always been controversial in the academic circle.The social ontology theory of contemporary British philosopher Tony Lawson clarified the scientific nature of social science from the perspective of the reality of the objects of social science research.This paper illustrates the theoretical origins of Lawson s social ontology theory,analyzes the theoretical thrust of the social ontology theory with emergentism as its core,reveals the basic features of emergent social entities,and thus shows in what sense social science can be a real science.