A social ontology of “maximal” persons

In this paper, I address a range of arguments put forward by Kwame Gyekye (1992) and Bernard Matolino (2014) denying Menkiti’s twin propositions that persons differ ontologically from human beings attitudes, behaviours practices constitute in social reality. They argue his account “maximal” persons, rooted African traditional thought-worlds, conflates issues ultimately involve him category mistake. their do not succeed, view is any predicament because them. Then, draw on John Searle’s ontology to clarify the sense which are constituents persons. Thus, characterise as entities belonging ontology. Finally, realism regarding undermined threat conventionalism lurking behind view.