The Normativity of Institutions
| Autor: | Francesco Guala |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French<br />Italian |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Phenomenology and Mind, Iss 9 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2280-7853 2239-4028 |
| DOI: | 10.13128/Phe_Mi-18157 |
| Popis: | Some philosophers have claimed that normativity is an essential feature of social institutions, and have identified the source of normativity in collective intentionality. In this paper I argue that (1) normativity is not essential for social institutions; (2) normativity has many sources and it is unlikely that a single theory is able to account for them all; (3) a powerful conception of institutions – the “rules in equilibrium” account – provides an adequate framework to represent the effects of normativity and to explain its social function; (4) it is a mistake to ask a theory of institutions to do more than that. While normativity is an important element of institutions, we should not build our social ontology on a single, specific conception of normativity. |
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