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Giromi, J. . (2020). The impotence of representations: a criticism of John Searle’s social ontology. Discusiones Filosóficas, 21(36), 79–104. https://doi.org/10.17151/difil.2020.21.36.6
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José Giromi
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Abstract
John Searle has advocated an intentionalist approach to the social, namely the idea that social reality is created and maintained by certain mental states and speech acts. In this work, we first present a detailed version of Searle’s intentionalist founding arguments based on the connection between collective recognition and language. In the second place, we offer a critique of these arguments, suggesting that they lead us to admit that the foundations
of social reality are more practical than representational.
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______. Making the social world: the structure of human civilization. Nueva York: Oxford University Press. 2010. Print.
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Smith, Barry. “John Searle: From speech acts to social reality”. Smith, B. (ed.) John Searle. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (2003) Print.
Vicari, Giuseppe. “Collective intentionality, language and normativity: a problem and a possible solution for the analysis of cooperation”. Epkeina. 5 (1). 2015: 183-207.
Wilson, Robert. “Social reality and institutional facts”. Tsohatzidis, S. (Ed.) Intentional acts and institutional facts: essays on John Searle’s social ontology. Dordrecht: Springer. 2007. Print.
Zimmermann, Stephan. “Is society built on collective intentions? A response to John Searle”. Rivista di estetica. 57. 2014: pp. 121-141. Print.
