ARE human traits (for example the emotions) or human kinds (which we can think of categories whose members share traits or clusters of traits, including, especially, dispositions to think and behave) are produced by culture rather than by biology or nature.
This view point is prima facie (based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise)
concerned with whether the clustering of traits in, for example, sex difference, emotional behavior, or mental illness, are caused by a cultural practice of differentiating persons or are instead caused by natural processes operating in relative independence from culture.
The domain of social ontology is especially interesting because here many facts are widely recognized as social constructions: for example, facts about being a U.S. Senator or a licensed dog are social constructions. Call such constructions overt constructions.
On Searle’s view, a particular gathering of persons can be a cocktail party
only with the conceptual and social recognition of those gathered.
This view point is prima facie (based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise)
concerned with whether the clustering of traits in, for example, sex difference, emotional behavior, or mental illness, are caused by a cultural practice of differentiating persons or are instead caused by natural processes operating in relative independence from culture.
The domain of social ontology is especially interesting because here many facts are widely recognized as social constructions: for example, facts about being a U.S. Senator or a licensed dog are social constructions. Call such constructions overt constructions.
On Searle’s view, a particular gathering of persons can be a cocktail party
only with the conceptual and social recognition of those gathered.
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