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Comments on Brian Epstein's The Ant Trap

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13/02/2017
Author
Hawley, Katherine
Keywords
Anchoring
Social metaphysics
Grounding
Facts
Dependence
B Philosophy (General)
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The Ant Trap is a terrific book, which opens up new opportunities to use philosophical methods in the social realm, by drawing on the tools and techniques of contemporary metaphysics. Epstein uses concepts of dependence, constitution, and grounding, of parts and whole, of membership and kindhood, both to clarify existing accounts of social reality and to develop an account of his own. Whilst I admire the general strategy, I take issue with some aspects of Epstein’s implementation, notably his distinction between grounding and anchoring. I recommend that he give up this distinction, which is not crucial to his project.
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Hawley , K 2017 , ' Comments on Brian Epstein's The Ant Trap ' , Inquiry - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2017.1289694
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Inquiry - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
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Non peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2017.1289694
ISSN
0020-174X
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Journal item
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© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2017.1289694
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15806

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