The multiple a priori of social acts in Adolf Reinach

In this article I relate the two main findings of Reinach: the notion of state of affairs and the material multiple a priori of social-linguistic acts. Although both derive from the phenome- nological procedure of eidetic reduction, they anticipate the lat- er studies on speech acts by the analytica...

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Main Author: Urbano Ferrer
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Panamericana 2015-07-01
Series:Tópicos
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Online Access:http://topicosojs.up.edu.mx/ojs/index.php/topicos/article/view/707
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Summary:In this article I relate the two main findings of Reinach: the notion of state of affairs and the material multiple a priori of social-linguistic acts. Although both derive from the phenome- nological procedure of eidetic reduction, they anticipate the lat- er studies on speech acts by the analytical philosophers Austin and Searle. The elements and the structure of the social acts are studied, with an emphasis on promising and asking. These lead Reinach beyond the Husserlian framework of objectifying acts, for which he draws on certain forerunners in the München School of Phenomenology. I also highlight the scope of the mul- tiple a priori within this social-linguistic realm, showing how they are distinct from the formal a priori and the normative con- cepts proper to the moral and legal spheres.
ISSN:0188-6649
2007-8498