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This chapter presents the main existing ways of spelling out the function of social institutions: (a) historical social functionalism, (b) structural functionalism, (c) Pettit’s recent virtual social functionalism, and (d) intentionalist social functionalism. In each case, the chapter then presents, updates, and analyzes the most compelling objections to these traditional forms of social functionalism. The upshot of the chapter is the conclusion that a new approach to the topic of the function of social institutions is needed.

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Missing Mechanisms, Arbitrary Assignments, and Counterfactual Conundrums—Existing Accounts of Social Functionalism and Their Problems

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    2025年

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  • Armin W. Schulz

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This chapter presents the main existing ways of spelling out the function of social institutions: (a) historical social functionalism, (b) structural functionalism, (c) Pettit’s recent virtual social functionalism, and (d) intentionalist social functionalism. In each case, the chapter then presents, updates, and analyzes the most compelling objections to these traditional forms of social functionalism. The upshot of the chapter is the conclusion that a new approach to the topic of the function of social institutions is needed.