Collective Intentionality, Self-referentiality, and False Beliefs
Some Issues Concerning Institutional Facts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11308366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Celano (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 237-250 |
| Publication date | 1999-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Analyse & Kritik (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0171-5860 • E-ISSN: 2365-9858 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/auk-1999-0206 |
| OpenAlex | W2398731407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
J. R. Searle’s general theory of social and institutional reality, as deployed in some of his recent work (The Construction of Social Reality, 1995; Social Ontology and the Philosophy of Society, 1998}, raises many deep and interesting problems. Four issues are taken up here: (1) Searle’s claim to the effect that collective intentionality is a primitive, irreducible form of intentionality; (2) his account of one of the most puzzling features of institutional concepts, their having a self-referential component; (3) the question as to the point, or points, of having institutions; (4) Searle's claim to the effect that false beliefs on the part of the members of the relevant community are compatible with the existence of related institutional facts. It is argued that, under all four respects, Searle's theory proves to be hardly satisfactory
Epistemology · Intentionality · Ontology · Social ontology · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |