Understanding social norms and constitutive rules : Perspectives from developmental psychology and philosophy
Författare
Summary, in English
A recent experimental paradigm that tests young children’s understanding of social norms by modelling norms on Searle’s notion of constitutive rule is examined. The experiments and the reasons provided for their design are discussed in detail. The concepts of a social norm and of a constitutive rule are compared, and it is shown that they are distinct. It is argued that the experiments do not provide direct evidence for the development of social norms. The experimental data are re-interpreted, and suggestions for how to deal with the present criticism are presented. It is suggested that normativity emerges from interaction, and that learning to comply with social norms involves an understanding of the distinctions among their content, enforcement, and acceptance.
Avdelning/ar
- CogComlab
- Teoretisk filosofi
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
699-718
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Volym
14
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
- Philosophy
Nyckelord
- compliance
- constitutive rule
- game
- rule following
- play
- social norm
Status
Published
Projekt
- Understanding rules: Cognitive and noncognitive models of social cognition (ESF/VR)
Forskningsgrupp
- CogComlab
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1568-7759