On the Nature of Social and Institutional RealityWhat is the nature of the social reality? How do the major social institutions like money and law exist? What are the limits of individualistically-oriented social theories? These and related problems are intensely discussed in philosophy, in legal theory and in the methodology of social sciences. This collection brings together the different traditions of the contemporary discussions. It includes new and thought-provoking articles by John Searle, Margaret Gilbert, Ota Weinberg, Raimo Tuomela, Eerik Lagerspetz, Michael Quante, Maria Cristina Redondo and Paolo Comanducci. |
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On the nature of social and institutional reality | 4 |
Social ontology and the philosophy of society | 15 |
Social rules as plural subject phenomena | 39 |
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account of social action analysis argument basic brute facts cial claim CoCom collective acceptance collective commitment collective intentionality concept constitutive Construction of Social constructivism constructivist context conventional facts correctly assertable counts democracy democratic discourses discussion ethical example existence function Gilbert group members H. L. A. Hart Habermas Hart Hart's account holism human I-mode idea institutional facts institutional reality intentional John Searle joint commitment Joseph Raz Jürgen Habermas Kelsen kind Lagerspetz legal norms legal theory MacCormick means members of G ment methodological individualism moral mutual belief non-reductive notion objective ontological Ota Weinberger person phenomena physical plural subject political principle problem properties question realism reason relevant sciences sense sentence social facts social institutions social ontology social reality social rules social world social-reality theory society squirrel fur statements structure thesis things tion tive true truth Tuomela valid we-mode