Semantics of ownership

Rudmin, Floyd W.

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Document type:: Book

Collection:: POP - Possession, Ownership, Property

Title:: Semantics of ownership: a study based on free recall and on explicit judgements

Author:: Rudmin, Floyd W.

Year of publication:: 1983

Language:: English

Subject:: Besitz Eigentum

Topic:: C - Psychology

Shelfmark:: C/R916

Access:: Free access

governing interpersonal relationships: The institution of property, in addition to regulating the relationships between individuals, ascertains their relation with reference to objects as well. The immediate purpose of ownership is to determine the relationship between individuals in respect to the use of things. (p.181) He further went on to list four essential conditions of ownership: 1) Existence of normative order which recognizes the institution of property. 2) The object of property. 3) The person in whom the property is vested. 4) The person on whom the duty of non-interference is imposed. (p.182) The main elements of these notions of ownership as a system of interpersonal regulation can be expressed in a general conceptual framework using set theory notation. As a first step, of course, there must be a set P of agents to own events and objects: P=(p| pis agent who can own ) Then, there must be a set E of ownable events and objects: E =( e | e is an ownable event or object) Further, tor every element in E, there must be a set F of functions and uses: fF =( £f | £ is a function or use of some e ) Finally, there must be a set U of agents who can use the slements in E: U=(u | uis an agent who can use e's) ypically, p's and u's are people or groups of people. But

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