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This dialogue reflects and synthesized the content of a recent publication (Einaudi, 2018) entitled Il denaro e i suoi inganni (by John R. Searle and Maurizio Ferraris, ed. by Angela Condello). The two philosophers present their perspectives on the ontology of money, which are different and yet interestingly intertwined. On the one hand, Searle returns on the crucial function of intentionality in the construction of social reality: it is intentionality that gives value to banknotes. On the other hand, Ferraris responds with his theory of documentality, that today – with bitcoins and blockchains – must be defined as “documediality”. Money emerges as the paradigmatic social object, which we should observe as a meaningful symbol of contemporary societies.
这段对话反映并综合了最近出版的一篇题为《i denaro e i suoi inganni》的内容(Einaudi, 2018)(作者:John R. Searle和Maurizio Ferraris,主编:Angela Condello)。两位哲学家提出了他们对货币本体论的观点,这些观点不同,但有趣的是交织在一起。一方面,塞尔回归到意向性在社会现实建构中的关键功能:正是意向性赋予了纸币价值。另一方面,法拉利用他的文档性理论回应说,今天——比特币和区块链——必须被定义为“文档性”。金钱作为一种范式性的社会客体出现,我们应该把它看作是当代社会的一种有意义的象征。