TY - BOOK AU - Wan,Poe Yu-ze TI - Reframing the social : emergentist systemism and social theory SN - 9781409411529 AV - HM585 .W358 2011 U1 - 301.01 22 PY - 2011/// CY - England PB - Ashgate KW - Sociology KW - Philosophy KW - Social sciences KW - Ontology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-237) and index; Introduction -- Re-ontologizing the reality: the ontological turn and Niklas Luhmann's social ontology -- From Luhmannian systemtheorie to emergentist systemism -- Emergence in perspective: epistemological totalausschluss or ontological novelty? -- Systems theory as the antithesis of planning? -- Causality in social science: from Niklas Luhmann to realism -- Mechanismic explanation in social science: an assessment -- Coda: s'il faut expliquer la société ER -