Collective Intentionality and Causal Powers

Journal of Social Ontology

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Dave Elder-Vass¹ 

[1] Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University

关键词: Collective intentionality;    Institutional reality;    Critical realism;    Norm circles;    Searle;   

DOI  :  10.1515/jso-2014-0039

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

Bridging two traditions of social ontology, this paper examines the possibility that the concept of collective intentionality can help to explain the mechanisms underpinning the causal powers of some social entities. In particular, I argue that a minimal form of collective intentionality is part of the mechanism underpinning the causal power of norm circles: the social entities causally responsible for social norms. There are, however, many different forms of social entity with causal power, and the relationship of collective intentionality to these causal powers varies, depending on the form of the mechanism underpinning the power concerned. Some powers depend on collective intentionality, and others do not.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND