Infallibilism and apriorism are still influential in the philosophy of social science. Infallibilists about human kinds claim that there are features of institutional entities about which we cannot possibly be wrong. But infallibilism is not implied by the theory of collective intentionality that supposedly grounds it. Moreover, it fails to account for the mode of existence of important institutional kinds, including the paradigmatic example of money.

Infallibilism and Human Kinds / F. Guala. - In: PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0048-3931. - 40:2(2010), pp. 244-264. [10.1177/0048393109343114]

Infallibilism and Human Kinds

F. Guala
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2010

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Infallibilism and apriorism are still influential in the philosophy of social science. Infallibilists about human kinds claim that there are features of institutional entities about which we cannot possibly be wrong. But infallibilism is not implied by the theory of collective intentionality that supposedly grounds it. Moreover, it fails to account for the mode of existence of important institutional kinds, including the paradigmatic example of money.
Collective intentions; Fallibilism; Kinds; Ontology
Settore M-FIL/02 - Logica e Filosofia della Scienza
Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale
2010
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