Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp , Antwerp, Belgium.
Philosophy Group, Department of Communication, Philosophy, Technology, and Education, Wageningen University & Research , Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2024 Sep 23;379(1910):20230295. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0295. Epub 2024 Aug 8.
Traditionally, sensitivity to situational norms is understood as deriving from internal cognitive states that represent the rules for appropriate conduct. On an alternative view, norms are 'out there', in the practices and situations themselves, without being duplicated in the head. However, what does normativity look like when it is performed by people engaging with a concrete situation? A 'behaviour setting' offers a window onto these dynamics. This article presents an observational case study of normative coordination within a behaviour setting. Immersed in a scientific laboratory setting, the observations show how the normative demands of the overall behaviour setting can give shape to various places of action, or 'synomorphs', which invite the participants' activities. Responding to the different needs of each synomorph, in turn, maintains the behaviour setting. What connects these two reciprocal timescales of activity are the situationally sensitive activities of the participants. We end with several examples that bring such sensitivity to the interdependence of the norms of a behaviour setting to the fore. This article is part of the theme issue 'People, places, things, and communities: expanding behaviour settings theory in the twenty-first century'.
传统上，对情境规范的敏感性被理解为源自代表适当行为规则的内部认知状态。在另一种观点中，规范存在于实践和情境本身中，而不是在头脑中重复。然而，当人们参与具体情境时，规范性看起来是什么样子？“行为背景”为这些动态提供了一个窗口。本文对行为背景中的规范协调进行了观察案例研究。沉浸在科学实验室环境中，观察结果表明，整体行为背景的规范性要求如何为各种行动场所或“同形物”提供形状，这些场所或“同形物”邀请参与者的活动。反过来，响应每个同形物的不同需求，维持行为背景。连接这两个活动的相互时间尺度的是参与者情境敏感的活动。我们以几个例子结束，这些例子将这种敏感性突显为行为背景规范的相互依存关系。本文是“人与地方、事物和社区：二十一世纪扩展行为背景理论”主题问题的一部分。
