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Logic of Social Ontology and Łoś’s Operator

Authors

  • Jacek Malinowski Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-5004
  • Krzysztof Pietrowicz Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-4672
  • Joanna Szalacha-Jarmużek Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6445-8385

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2020.005

Keywords

agent based systems, computational sociology, Jerzy Łoś, logic for social sciences, multi-agent systems, positional logic, realization operator, social ontology, social phenomena, sociology, social sciences

Abstract

In 1947 Jerzy Łoś proposed a positional logic based on the realization operator. We follow his work and present it in the context of fundamental challenges of sociology such as the complexity of social reality and reflexivity of social agents. The paper is an outline of the general concept, as it opens a discussion and sets ground for future elaborations. In this paper, we are considering the concept according to which the expressions put forward by Łoś’s system might be indexed not only by spatial and temporal variables, but also by social contexts. And as such Łoś’s system might be a significant improvement, a valuable addition for social simulations and computational sociology, which use multi-agent systems and agent-based modeling. We consider how Łoś’s operator might be useful for these disciplines, as it gives a chance to combine of formalization with the humanistic coefficient, which represents the issues of complexity and reflexivity of social agents.

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MALINOWSKI, Jacek, PIETROWICZ, Krzysztof and SZALACHA-JARMUŻEK, Joanna. Logic of Social Ontology and Łoś’s Operator. Logic and Logical Philosophy. Online. 25 February 2020. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 239-258. [Accessed 5 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/LLP.2020.005.
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