Failures of Methodological Individualism: The Materiality of Social Systems
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Ontology , methodological individualism , and the foundations of the social sciences
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چکیده پایان نامه (شامل خلاصه، اهداف، روش های اجرا و نتایج به دست آمده): کار جمع آوری گو یش های محلی در سال های اخیر شتاب امیدوار کننده ای به خود گرفته است. شاید از بارزترین اهداف جمع آوری گویش های مختلف، ثبت و ضبط آن، جلوگیری از نابودی و مهمتر از همه حل مشکلات دستوری زبان رسمی باشد. دقت در فرآیند های زبانی گویش های محلی نوع ارتباط مردم نواحی مختلف با پیرامون نشان را به ما نشان خواهد داد. از س...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Social Philosophy
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0047-2786,1467-9833
DOI: 10.1111/josp.12373