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Ownership or possession? On Bart Wilson's concept of ownership
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2022
Abstract
In a recent article Wilson explores the origins and explanation of ownership (property) as a custom, and argues that the custom of ownership is the primary concept and that property rights are subordinated to ownership. I argue that Wilson's subordination argument is unpersuasive; the linguistic evidence used by Wilson fits better with the concept of possession; and ownership is not a human universal.
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