Money: What It Is and What It Should Be

Frank Hindriks,Joakim Sandberg

doi:10.1515/jso-2021-2010

Abstract

Money: What It Is and What It Should Be

Highlights

Introduction to the SymposiumMoney is one of the most important social institutions there is
Does money exist? Mäki considers an influential position in social ontology according to which institutional objects exist exactly if they are generally believed or collectively accepted to exist
In the third contribution to the symposium, Passinsky discusses this and other reasons for doubting that Bitcoin is money. She considers two strands within social ontology, one that focuses on the attitudes people have towards institutional objects and one that revolves around their functions

Summary

Introduction

Introduction to the SymposiumMoney is one of the most important social institutions there is. Mäki considers an influential position in social ontology according to which institutional objects exist exactly if they are generally believed or collectively accepted to exist. Mäki argues that it makes a difference on whose minds institutional objects depend.

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Conclusion