The Constitution of Social Practices
In: Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences Ser.
The Constitution of Social Practices- Front Cover -- The Constitution of Social Practices -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1 A "cultural" approach to social science -- 2 Practice theory today -- 3 Core ontological commitments -- 4 Sketch of the argument -- 5 Of philosophy and social science -- Chapter 1: What are practices? -- 1 Actions under a description -- 2 Looping effects -- 3 Historical constitution -- Chapter 2: Knowledge -- 1 Knowledgeable practices -- 2 Conceptualising knowledge -- Chapter 3: Retroactive redescription -- 1 The validity of retroactive redescription -- 2 The effects of retroactive redescription -- 3 Functional concepts and typological classification -- 4 What is at stake? -- Chapter 4: Identification and context -- 1 Identifying practices "in all their specificity" -- 2 Relations and relational properties -- 3 Criteria of identification -- Chapter 5: Specificity and generalisation -- 1 Functions -- 2 Implications for generalisation, explanation and description -- 3 Patchwork holism -- Chapter 6: Possibility and capacities -- 1 Possibility -- 2 Capacities -- Chapter 7: Constitutive relations and constitutive theory -- 1 Constitutive theory -- 2 Constitutive relations -- 3 Stability and change -- Conclusion -- 1 Culture and action in the social sciences -- 2 Some benefits of studying practices -- Works cited -- Index.