THE ARISTOTELIAN METAPHYSICS OF "SOCIAL COLLECTIVES"

CRESPO, RICARDO F.

San Diego

Congreso; THE 13TH BIENNAL COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY CONFERENCE Social Ontology 2021; 2021

University of California and ISOS

This paper intends to introduce an Aristotelian analysis of the ontology of social collectives. In the first section, it looks for a proper characterization of ?social collectives,? exploring common-language references. After explaining some Aristotelian metaphysical notions, it describes and analyzes Aristotle?s seminal views on social collectives, their nature and properties, which prove helpful to ascertain their essence. The last section presents some approaches that share some similarities with Aristotle?s and, as the paper notes, would benefit from considering it.https://so2021.isosonline.org/conference/the-aristotelian-metaphysics-of-social-collectives/.