<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In response to commentaries by Esa Díaz León, Jennifer Saul, and Ra- chel Sterken, I develop more fully my views on the role of structure in social and metaphysical explanation. Although I believe that social agency, quite generally, occurs within practices and structures, the relevance of structure depends on the sort of questions we are asking and what interventions we are considering. The emphasis on questions is also relevant in considering metaphysical and meta-metaphysical is- sues about realism with respect to gender and race. I aim to demon- strate that tools we develop in the context of critical social theory can change the questions we ask, what forms of explanation are called for, and how we do philosophy.</p></abstract>

In response to commentaries by Esa Díaz León, Jennifer Saul, and Ra- chel Sterken, I develop more fully my views on the role of structure in social and metaphysical explanation. Although I believe that social agency, quite generally, occurs within practices and structures, the relevance of structure depends on the sort of questions we are asking and what interventions we are considering. The emphasis on questions is also relevant in considering metaphysical and meta-metaphysical is- sues about realism with respect to gender and race. I aim to demon- strate that tools we develop in the context of critical social theory can change the questions we ask, what forms of explanation are called for, and how we do philosophy.

Social Explanation: Structures, Stories, and Ontology. A Reply to Díaz León, Saul, and Sterken

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In response to commentaries by Esa Díaz León, Jennifer Saul, and Ra- chel Sterken, I develop more fully my views on the role of structure in social and...

Social Explanation: Structures, Stories, and Ontology. A Reply to Díaz León, Saul, and Sterken

Published Online: Jun 20, 2019

Page range: 245 - 273

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0015

Keywords
Social structure, structural explanation, implicit bias, gender, social ontology

© 2018 Sally Haslanger, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Social Explanation: Structures, Stories, and Ontology. A Reply to Díaz León, Saul, and Sterken

Published Online: Jun 20, 2019

Page range: 245 - 273

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0015

KeywordsSocial structure, structural explanation, implicit bias, gender, social ontology

© 2018 Sally Haslanger, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Social structure, structural explanation, implicit bias, gender, social ontology