Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
Nunc pro tunc : The Problem of Retroactive Enactments / G. Torrengo. - In: PHILOSOPHIA. - ISSN 0048-3893. - 46:1(2018 Mar), pp. 241-250. [10.1007/s11406-017-9885-1]
Abstract:
In this paper, I present a problem for the realist with respect to the
institutional sphere, and suggest a solution. Roughly, the problem lies in a
contradiction that arises as soon as institutional contexts are allowed to influence
the institutional profile of objects and events not only in the present, but also in
the past. If such Bretroactive enactments^ are effective, in order to avoid contradiction
the realist seems to have to accept the unpleasant conclusion that institutions
can create a past that has never been present. I will defend a solution which
involves a distinction between temporal and atemporal types of institutional kinds
that has, I maintain, independent interest.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
social ontology; A- and B-theory; institutions
Elenco autori:
G. Torrengo
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