Joseph G. Grzywacz

Toward an Ontology of Family: F-A-M-I-L-Y as a Care-Constituted Relational Nexus

Family science lacks a shared ontological account of its central referent: what kind of thing F-A-M-I-L-Y is remains unclear. This gap undermines theoretical coherence, inhibits cumulative knowledge-building, and weakens the field’s policy relevance. The essay traces how family s...