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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Are species social objects? some notes

Elena Casetta

pp. 173-183

Abstract

Although biological species might seem paradigmatic natural objects, several objections can be advanced against their independence from taxonomic activities and from scientific and social practices in general. Darwin himself, in the second chapter of the Origin, claimed to be looking «at the term species as one arbitrarily given, for the sake of convenience, to a set of individuals closely resembling each other». In this contribution, I sketch the sticking points of the issue whether species are natural or social objects in the light of two of the main accounts of social objects, namely Searle’s, on the one hand, and Ferraris’ on the other.

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(2014) Social objects from intentionality to documentality. Rivista di estetica 57.

Pages: 173-183

DOI: 10.4000/estetica.741

Full citation:

Casetta Elena (2014) „Are species social objects? some notes“. Rivista di estetica 57, 173–183.