Things within Things? Toward an Ontology of the Firm

The burgeoning analytic literature on "social ontology"—that is, the properly ontological status of "social" phenomena, such asinstitutions, firms and nation-states—has yielded some promising avenues of research for economists interested in the economic agency of groups as oppose...

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Published in:Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Main Author: Harris, Joshua Lee (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2017]
In: Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
RelBib Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Ontology
B Persons
B LONERGAN, Bernard J. F., 1904-1984
B Economists
B Business enterprises
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:The burgeoning analytic literature on "social ontology"—that is, the properly ontological status of "social" phenomena, such asinstitutions, firms and nation-states—has yielded some promising avenues of research for economists interested in the economic agency of groups as opposed to individual persons. Following M. D. Ryall, in this paper I offer a preliminary sketch of an ontology of social entities inspired by the work of Bernard Lonergan and the Aristotelian metaphysical tradition.
ISSN:2153-7925
Contains:Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc201991287