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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Ontologia sociale e intenzionalità

quattro tesi

Francesca De Vecchi

pp. 183-201

Abstract

I put forward four these concerning phenomenologically clarifying criteria to characterise social entities. The first thesis maintains that social entities have a sui generis ontological status: unlike natural and ideal entities, social entities depend existentially on individuals’ intentionality and are specifically normative entities. The second thesis claims that social entities existentially depend on heterotropic intentionality – i.e. on intentionality that involves at least two individuals –, and not on solitary intentionality. The third thesis identifies at least three different types of heterotropic intentionality: collective, social and intersubjective intentionality. The fourth thesis states that all three types of heterotropic intentionality are effective: they create social entities, even if each of them creates social entities of different kinds.

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(2012) Ontologia analitica. Rivista di estetica 49.

Pages: 183-201

DOI: 10.4000/estetica.1707

Full citation:

De Vecchi Francesca (2012) „Ontologia sociale e intenzionalità: quattro tesi“. Rivista di estetica 49, 183–201.