No. 2 (2012): Making the Social World: Social Ontology, Collective Intentionality, and Normativity
Session 1. Social Ontology

Perspectives of Documentality

Published 2016-11-27

Keywords

  • documentality,
  • social ontology,
  • social objects,
  • human sciences,
  • web society

How to Cite

Ferraris, M. (2016). Perspectives of Documentality. Phenomenology and Mind, (2), 34–40. https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-19622

Abstract

Social ontology has experienced significative growth in the last decades. In particular, a promising research agenda concerns social objects. The reference to social objects implies sharing a realistic conception of the world which allows a definitive departure from the post-modern vision of the social world as a fluid and elusive organism. A taxonomy that distinguishes between social, physical and ideal objects can, on the contrary, reinvigorate human sciences getting over the well-known methodological controversies of the last years. The theory of Documentality provides heuristic power and a solid basis for organisational resources: all potentially reliable sources for the web society. Documentality theory aims to represent a valid alternative to Searle ontology, and at the same time to offer both theoretical and practical developments.

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