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Documentality: History, The roots of documentality & Documentality in eleven theses
Documentality is the theory of documents that underlies the ontology of social reality put forward by the Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris (see Ferraris 2007, 2008, 2009a and 2009b). The theory gives to documents a central position within the sphere of social objects, conceived as distinct from physical and ideal objects. Ferraris argues that social…
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Documentality topic overview
The analysis highlights History, The roots of documentality and Documentality in eleven theses as prominent areas in the source structure around Documentality.
Related topics
50
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
59
Extracted relationships
207
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
59
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
The roots of documentality · 16 topics
Documentality in eleven theses · 14 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Context and history · 3 topics
First step: the recognition of the sphere of social objects · 3 topics
Third step: the individuation of the sphere of documentality · 2 topics
Documentality applied to other disciplines · 1 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How Documentality connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Documentality shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Documentality → Aletheia, An International Journal, Analysis, Anita Konzelmann-Ziv, April, Austin, Austria, Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Barry Smith, Basic Books, Beyond, Biblioteca, Bompiani, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Capital, Casetta, Ch, Chicago, Civil Law Another extracted example is Documentality → American, April, Articulated, As, Barry Smith, Caffo, Ferraris, First, For, From Documentality, Inscribed Act, John Searle, Maurizio Ferraris, New Realism, Object, Searle, Secondly, Smith, Source, That. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Documentality
Top relations
related to Bibliography· 129
Documentality → Aletheia, An International Journal, Analysis, Anita Konzelmann-Ziv, April, Austin, Austria, Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Barry Smith, Basic Books, Beyond, Biblioteca, Bompiani, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Capital, Casetta, Ch, Chicago, Civil Law
related to history· 25
Documentality → American, April, Articulated, As, Barry Smith, Caffo, Ferraris, First, For, From Documentality, Inscribed Act, John Searle, Maurizio Ferraris, New Realism, Object, Searle, Secondly, Smith, Source, That
related to The "Derrida thesis"· 10
Documentality → Actually, Concerning, Derrida, Derrida's, Ferraris, However, It, Keeping, The, This
related to The roots of documentality· 8
Documentality → Adolf Reinach, French, German, Hernando, Jacques Derrida, Peruvian, Soto, Three
related to Documentality applied to other disciplines· 5
Documentality → It, Platonist, Quasi-abstract, Searle's, States
related to Ferraris: object = inscribed act· 3
Documentality → According, Barry Smith, Ferraris
related to Third step: the individuation of the sphere of documentality· 3
Documentality → Ferraris, On, The
related to Documentality in eleven theses· 2
Documentality → Ferraris, The
is a· 1
Documentality → theory of documents that underlies the ontology of social reality put forward by the Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 207 structured relationships around Documentality. Examples in this analysis include Documentality → is a → theory of documents that underlies the ontology of social reality put forward by the Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris and conferences → instance of → since without records of some sort the performatives would not produce social objects. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
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Object
Confidence
Src
Documentality
is a
theory of documents that underlies the ontology of social reality put forward by the Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris
0.90
text
conferences
instance of
since without records of some sort the performatives would not produce social objects
0.80
text
marriages
instance of
since without records of some sort the performatives would not produce social objects
0.80
text
graduation ceremonies
instance of
since without records of some sort the performatives would not produce social objects
0.80
text
or constitutions
instance of
since without records of some sort the performatives would not produce social objects
0.80
text
promises
instance of
in the case of informal social acts
0.80
text
money
instance of
entities
0.80
text
artworks
instance of
entities
0.80
text
marriages
instance of
entities
0.80
text
divorces
instance of
entities
0.80
text
joint custody
instance of
entities
0.80
text
years in prison
instance of
entities
0.80
text
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Documentality bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Ferraris, Theory and Philosopher. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Documentality
Ferraris
Theory
Philosopher
Social
Reality
Object
Ontology
See
Acts
Soto
Inscribed
Sphere
documentality
Ferraris
Theory
Philosopher
Social
Reality
Object
Ontology
See
Acts
Soto
Inscribed
Sphere
ontology
Social
Develop
Sense
Ferraris
Searle
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Objects
Banknote
Make
Philosopher
Recordings
World
social reality
Searle
Objects
Reality
Social
Object
Acts
Physical
New
Ferraris
Sphere
Act
Philosopher
maurizio ferraris
Theory
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Ontology
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Develop
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Recordings
See
objects
Social
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Inscribed
Object
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Paper
Sphere
Make
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Recordings
Ontology
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de soto
Soto
Philosopher
See
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Searle
Smith
Reality
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According
Documentality
One
social ontology
Objects
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Acts
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Develop
Sense
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Act
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Documentality, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Documentality with The roots of documentality. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Min side: 3
Documentality — The roots of documentality· splits 43 ⟂ 17Documentality — Documentality in eleven theses· splits 45 ⟂ 15Documentality — Overview· splits 48 ⟂ 12Documentality — Context and history· splits 56 ⟂ 4Documentality — First step: the recognition of the sphere of social objects· splits 56 ⟂ 4Documentality — Third step: the individuation of the sphere of documentality· splits 57 ⟂ 3
Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Documentality
Nodes60
Edges59
Triples207
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Documentality to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, The roots of documentality & Documentality in eleven theses, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
