John Latsis
Biographic Data
| ID | 361038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Latsis |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Latsis |
| SIGNATURE | LATSIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Death Contested: Morphonecrosis and Conflicts of Interpretation
Social Ontology
The arbitrariness and normativity of social conventions
This paper investigates a puzzling feature of social conventions: the fact that they are both arbitrary and normative. We examine how this tension is addressed in sociological accounts of conventional phenomena. Traditional approaches tend to generate either synchronic accounts that fail to consider the arbitrariness of conventions, or diachronic accounts that miss central aspects of their normativity. As a remedy, we propose a processual concept…
The philosophy of need and the normative foundations of health policy
La notion de besoin joue un rôle crucial pour définir les inégalités légitimes en matière de santé. Le débat sur l’équité en santé se développe néanmoins dans la méconnaissance de la philosophie du need. En mobilisant des argumentations de nature morale ou politique, cet article cherche à élaborer une notion de besoin qui ne repose ni sur une liste universelle ni sur des préférences individuelles mais sur un choix de préférence sociale qui légiti…
Convention and Intersubjectivity: New Developments in French Economics
The recently formed French School of the “économie des conventions” have claimed that they are developing a revolutionary new approach to the social sciences. This group of researchers in economics, philosophy, sociology, law and history attempt to transcend the inherited analytical frameworks of structural‐functionalist sociology and neoclassical economics and provide an alternative picture of the social world. This article will investigate some…
Convention and Intersubjectivity: New Developments in French Economics
The recently formed French School of the “économie des conventions” have claimed that they are developing a revolutionary new approach to the social sciences. This group of researchers in economics, philosophy, sociology, law and history attempt to transcend the inherited analytical frameworks of structural‐functionalist sociology and neoclassical economics and provide an alternative picture of the social world. This article will investigate some…
The arbitrariness and normativity of social conventions
This paper investigates a puzzling feature of social conventions: the fact that they are both arbitrary and normative. We examine how this tension is addressed in sociological accounts of conventional phenomena. Traditional approaches tend to generate either synchronic accounts that fail to consider the arbitrariness of conventions, or diachronic accounts that miss central aspects of their normativity. As a remedy, we propose a processual concept…
The philosophy of need and the normative foundations of health policy
La notion de besoin joue un rôle crucial pour définir les inégalités légitimes en matière de santé. Le débat sur l’équité en santé se développe néanmoins dans la méconnaissance de la philosophie du need. En mobilisant des argumentations de nature morale ou politique, cet article cherche à élaborer une notion de besoin qui ne repose ni sur une liste universelle ni sur des préférences individuelles mais sur un choix de préférence sociale qui légiti…
Convention and Intersubjectivity: New Developments in French Economics
The recently formed French School of the “économie des conventions” have claimed that they are developing a revolutionary new approach to the social sciences. This group of researchers in economics, philosophy, sociology, law and history attempt to transcend the inherited analytical frameworks of structural‐functionalist sociology and neoclassical economics and provide an alternative picture of the social world. This article will investigate some…
The philosophy of need and the normative foundations of health policy
La notion de besoin joue un rôle crucial pour définir les inégalités légitimes en matière de santé. Le débat sur l’équité en santé se développe néanmoins dans la méconnaissance de la philosophie du need. En mobilisant des argumentations de nature morale ou politique, cet article cherche à élaborer une notion de besoin qui ne repose ni sur une liste universelle ni sur des préférences individuelles mais sur un choix de préférence sociale qui légiti…
The arbitrariness and normativity of social conventions
This paper investigates a puzzling feature of social conventions: the fact that they are both arbitrary and normative. We examine how this tension is addressed in sociological accounts of conventional phenomena. Traditional approaches tend to generate either synchronic accounts that fail to consider the arbitrariness of conventions, or diachronic accounts that miss central aspects of their normativity. As a remedy, we propose a processual concept…
Death Contested: Morphonecrosis and Conflicts of Interpretation
Social Ontology
Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Emile Durkheim and Sociology (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works)