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One of the most distinguished living social philosophers, Margaret Gilbert develops and extends her application of plural subject theory of human sociality, first introduced in her earlier works On Social Facts and Living Together. Sociality and Responsibility presents an extended discussion of her proposal that joint commitments inherently involve obligations and rights, proposing, in effect, a new theory of obligations and rights. In addition, it demonstrates the extensive range and fruitfulness of plural subject theory by presenting accounts of social rules, scientific change, political obl

In a defence of Taylor's humanist project, suggests that the subject matter of political theory can be nothing other than human subjects--people--and their practices, relations, and struggles. Shapiro claims that 'ontologies are not directly demonstrable; they are pragmatically established, for they reside at the beginning rather than the end of philosophical arguments and give rise to different philosophical vocabularies'. Sketches out an alternative, realist ontology. (JLN)

Se propone una discusión de los aportes de tres teorias actuales influyentes en el pensamiento critico latinoamericano: la teoria del discurso de Ernesto Laclau, la epistemologia del presente potencial de Hugo Zemelman y la filosofia de la liberación de Enrique Dussel. El objetivo del articulo es analizar en estas propuestas el lugar teórico e histórico que tienen los sujetos politicos que disputan la constitución del orden social y los aportes de estas teorias para la comprensión de los movimientos sociales en América Latina.