01019nam a2200157 4500 509284 509284 190429b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Aydinonat, N. Emrah 4897 Three conceptions of a theory of institutions 2018 p.550-568. We compare Guala’s unified theory of institutions with that of Searle and Greif. We show that unification can be many things and it may be associated with diverse explanatory goals. We also highlight some of the important shortcomings of Guala’s account: it does not capture all social institutions, its ability to bridge social ontology and game theory is based on a problematic interpretation of the type-token distinction, and its ability to make social ontology useful for social sciences is hindered by Guala’s interpretation of social institution types as social kinds akin to natural kinds. - Reproduced. Ylikpski, Petri 4898 Vikalpa Institution building ddc AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 383240 IIPA IIPA 2019-04-29 48(6), Dec, 2018: p.550-568. AR119520 2019-04-29 AR