Social ontology as convention

Topoi

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 139-149

  Bickhard, Mark H ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convention; Coordination problem; Encodingism; Frame problem; Intentionality; Interactivism; Language; Normativity; Propositional attitudes; Representation; Situation convention; Social ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949128089     PISSN: 01677411     EISSN: 15728749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11245-008-9036-1     Document Type: Article

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