Charles Sanders Peirce and the Social Ontology of the Firm: A Semiotic Perspective on Human Agency

Luís Bau Macedo ()

Journal of Economic Issues, 2018, vol. 52, issue 4, 1036-1055

Abstract: The ontological framework developed in the article aims to contribute to the social ontology of the firm by achieving three objectives: (i) to provide a well-developed conception of the human mind and conscience, (ii) to define the role of human agency in an evolutionary context and (iii) to highlight the importance of semiosis for the emergence of social structures with an emphasis on the concept of the firm as a social entity. Peirce’s semiotic conception of mind and consciousness provides insights for combining human signifying practices and social emergent properties. Thereupon, the semiotic attributions of the human mind may be understood as a basis for the ontological perspective of the firm.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2018.1527586

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