The virtuous circle of social ontology: cooperation-institutions-deontic powers

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Rodrigo Alfonso González Fernández, Mg.

Abstract

In this essay, I argue that in John Searle's social ontology there is a virtuous circle between cooperation, institutions, and deontic powers. That is, these are categories that mutually feed on and strengthen in the social reality. In the first section, I introduce to the concepts and problems discussed here, while in the second I expound the abc of Searle’s social ontology. In the third section, I discuss how institutions are linked to social practices, that is, how the former synthesizes the existence of the latter. For without institutions certain practices would not exist, because certain social practices necessarily lead to the creation of institutions. Finally, in the last section, I argue about the existence of a virtuous circle between cooperation (and trust), institutions and deontic powers. In other words, I maintain that there is a phenomenon of mutual feedback and strengthening, in so far as the existence of one category fosters the existence of the other categories.

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González Fernández, R. A. (2020). The virtuous circle of social ontology: cooperation-institutions-deontic powers. Revista Stultifera, 3(1), 128–146. https://doi.org/10.4206/rev.stultifera.2020.v3n1-06
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Artículos de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Author Biography

Rodrigo Alfonso González Fernández, Mg., Universidad de Chile, Chile

Licenciado y Magíster en Filosofía por la Universidad de Chile y Doctor en Filosofía por la Katholieke Universiteit de Leuven, Bélgica. Trabaja como académico  en el Centro de Estudios Cognitivos del Departamento de Filosofía de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, en la Universidad de Chile.