{"title":"Where IS the ought? The Institutional Stance lacks normative force.","authors":"Lucas Payne Butler, Marco F H Schmidt","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X26105597","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Institutional Stance (IS) offers a promising account of how humans navigate institutional structures, but it suffers from a problem inherent in purely third-person frameworks: a detached observer can predict behavior aligned with institutional expectations, but cannot feel the binding grip of normative force. We propose reconceptualizing the IS as an important aspect of social cognition rooted in shared intentionality.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":"49 ","pages":"e373"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X26105597","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Institutional Stance (IS) offers a promising account of how humans navigate institutional structures, but it suffers from a problem inherent in purely third-person frameworks: a detached observer can predict behavior aligned with institutional expectations, but cannot feel the binding grip of normative force. We propose reconceptualizing the IS as an important aspect of social cognition rooted in shared intentionality.
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is a highly respected journal that employs an innovative approach called Open Peer Commentary. This format allows for the publication of noteworthy and contentious research from various fields including psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology, and cognitive science. Each article is accompanied by 20-40 commentaries from experts across these disciplines, as well as a response from the author themselves. This unique setup creates a captivating forum for the exchange of ideas, critical analysis, and the integration of research within the behavioral and brain sciences, spanning topics from molecular neurobiology and artificial intelligence to the philosophy of the mind.