Performativity of Theory, Arbitrary Conventions, and Possible Worlds: A Reality Check
批评Ferraro等人关于理论表演性的观点，指出其忽视了人类本性和可能性边界，主张更现实的理论构建方法，强调真实理论在理解和塑造社会现实中的作用。
We argue that Ferraro, Pfeffer, and Sutton build on a scientifically problematic conception of the relationship between theory and social reality. Specifically, the performativity perspective that they build on makes tenuous assumptions about the role that theories, whether true or not, play in strongly constructing social reality, but the perspective fundamentally ignores central matters related to human nature and the boundaries of possibility. We argue for a more realistic approach to theory building and social science, one that recognizes the role that true theories play in helping us understand and explain reality, but also in turn shaping that reality given this better theoretical understanding.