Illocutionary fundations of social ontology

• Grant number: 22/06556-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2022
• End date: December 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - Epistemology
• Principal Investigator: Marco Antonio Caron Ruffino
• Grantee: Giovanna Chaves Beseggio
• Host Institution: Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência (CLE). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of this project is to study some aspects of what it is known as social ontology from the perspective of the theory of illocutionary acts, especially the one following the tradition initiated by Austin (1962) and Searle (1969). More precisely, we will start by analyzing the notion of institutional facts (as the name suggests, it grounds the legal, political, and economical institutions) and the main theoretical ingredients needed for its understanding (performative, collective intentionality, and constitutive rules). The study will be focused on two seminal studies by Searle (1995, 2007) and on the bibliography presenting alternatives to his views. (AU)