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    STUDIA PHILOSOPHIA - Issue no. 2 / 2021  
         
  Article:   THE EASY APPROACH TO GROUP AGENCY. A SIMPLE REALIST VIEW ON GROUP AGENTS.

Authors:  ANDREEA POPESCU.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbphil.2021.2.04
Published Online: 2021-08-20
Published Print: 2021-08-30
pp. 81-102

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We 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.

Keywords: Analytic Entailments, Deflationism, Group agency, Group agents, Simple Realism
 
         
     
         
         
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