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Are Social Kinds Vague and Does It Matter?

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Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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Abstract

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Vagueness is pervasive in social reality yet neglected in social ontology. This neglect stems from a widespread assumption: social kinds have mind-dependent membership conditions fixed by collective attitudes, entailing epistemic transparency—infallible ...