13. Intentionally Constructed Objects
Chapter Outline
13.1 Introduction 151
13.2 Functional Objects 152
13.3 Socially Constructed Objects 154
13.4 Ownership 155
13.5 Agreements 157
13.6 Contracts 159
13.7 Organizations 161
13.8 Product 164
13.10 Concluding Remarks 172
13.1. Introduction
Many of the objects in the world around us only exist because we are here: products, money, companies, agreements, and so on. In Chapter 11 , we briefly noted that some objects are what they are because we say so (that is, they are intentionally constructed). In this chapter, I more thoroughly explore some of the different ...
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