Phenomenology and Mind (Dec 2017)

On the Question of How Social Rules and Social Norms Exist

  • Christian Bispinck-Funke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-22433
Journal volume & issue
no. 13

Abstract

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The objective of this paper is to grasp the mode of being of social rules and norms. I begin by analyzing how mental representations of rules and norms structure social interaction. Then I demonstrate that the actual existence of rules and norms is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that encompasses mental and linguistic realization (linguistically expressed or habituated doxastic attitudes) as well as socially organized bindingness. I conclude that social rules and norms can be described merely by refering to dispositions and notions.

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