No such thing as society: Thatcher, Wittgenstein and the philosophy of social science

Gavin Kitching

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2020, vol. 31, issue 4, 565-583

Abstract: This article argues that society is not a thing. It is abbreviated and adapted with permission from a public lecture, titled There Is No Such Thing as Society: Margaret Thatcher, Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Social Science . The original was presented by Gavin Kitching to the Cuadernos de la Catedra Ludwig Wittgenstein at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico, in March 2019. JEL codes: A12, A13, B0

Keywords: Analytical philosophy; economic thought; language; philosophy of science; Wittgenstein (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1035304620961586

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