About the Ontic Status of Money Überlegungen zum ontischen Status des Geldes

• Autores: Heinz-Gerd Schmitz
• Localización: Archiv für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie, ARSP, ISSN 0001-2343, Vol. 105, Nº 4, 2019, págs. 536-552
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ranging from Plato to Marx, one can only find a few philosophers who have talked about money without detesting it. Naturally, economists are avoiding such an attitude. But they deliver only functional definitions, nothing which could give a hint at the essence of money. The essay tries to clarify it by delineating a currency as an 'ens ficitivum' – created by our semiotic activities, which have been analysed by Charles Sanders Peirce. So, the thesis is: Money is basically a sign indicating at a present time one's ability to handle future events.