THE EASY APPROACH TO GROUP AGENCY. A SIMPLE REALIST VIEW ON GROUP AGENTS

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB PHILOSOPHIA, Volume 66 (LXVI), No. 2, August 2021, pp. 81-102, DOI: 10.24193/subbphil.2021.2.04en-US
dc.creatorPOPESCU, Andreea
dc.date2021-08-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T10:38:41Z
dc.descriptionWe talk about groups as doing something, we talk as if groups have agency. Is our talk legitimate? Are there group agents? Is there something like group agency? In this paper, I discuss two ontological frameworks concerning existence questions: the Quinean framework and the Thomasson-Carnap framework. I apply them to the problem of group agency. I review the Quinean-oriented literature debating the existence of group agents and its methodological background. I argue, via Thomasson’s easy approach to ontology, that deflationism can simplify the debate surrounding group agents. Thus, I argue for a Thomasson-Carnap framework and show that it is better suited to answer the particular question whether there are group agents. More specifically, I argue for a non-reductive simple realist view on group agents, i.e. I argue for the truth of “There are group agents,” via analytic entailments, by truths about the actions and deeds of groups.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/335
dc.identifier10.24193/subbphil.2021.2.04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/933
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/335/313
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2021 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophiaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophia; Volume 66, No. 2, 2021; 81-102en-US
dc.source2065-9407
dc.source10.24193/subbphil.2021.2
dc.subjectAnalytic Entailments, Deflationism, Group agency, Group agents, Simple Realism.en-US
dc.titleTHE EASY APPROACH TO GROUP AGENCY. A SIMPLE REALIST VIEW ON GROUP AGENTSen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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