Intentional Acts and Institutional Facts

Introduction, Savas L. Tsohatzidis Social Ontology: The Problem and Steps toward a Solution, John R. Searle Part I: Aspects of Collective Intentionality Searle and Collective Intentions, Margaret Gilbert Foundations of Social Reality in Collective Intentional Behavior, Kirk Ludwig Joint Action: The Individual Strikes Back, Seumas Miller Collective Speech Acts, Anthonie Meijers Part II: From Intentions to Institutions: Development and Evolution The Ontogeny of Social Ontology: Steps to Shared Intentionality and Status Functions ,Hannes Rakoczy and Michael Tomasello Social Reality and Institutional Facts: Sociality Within and Without Intentionality, Robert A. Wilson Part III: Aspects of Institutional Reality The Varieties of Normativity: An Essay on Social Ontology,Leo Zaibert and Barry Smith, A Behavioral Critique of Searle’s Theory of Institutions ,Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca Searle versus Durkheim, Steven Lukes Searle’s Derivation of Promissory Obligation,Savas L. Tsohatzidis Contributors Index