A Priorism: Impositionism or Reflectivism?
A priori in philosophy refers to knowledge that is independent of experience, such as mathematics and logic. Praxeological economic theory is a priori in the sense that it is not…
The Critical Importance of Collective Intentionality
“[…] unless there is some form of collective recognition of property rights, and unless the participants have the concept of a “right” in the first place, the system of private…
Constitutions and Their Interpretation
IN a previous blog post, the linguistic deontological character of social institutions was discussed based on the work of the philosopher John Searle (2010). This ontological understanding of social institutions…
Social Ontology and Political Philosophy
THERE can be no informed political philosophy without an adequate social ontology, which has remained a severely undeveloped area of philosophy for centuries and, therefore, hindered political philosophy. The philosopher…
The Nature of Rights
At a glance: Rights originate from speech acts and are essentially linguistic, therefore, they:Have a subjective ontological mode of existence;Are the ontological basis of all rights from which deontology emerges;Their…