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APS Box — Institutions Are Not Biological Agents
APS Box — Institutions Are Not Biological Agents
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Created: 16 July 2026
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Revised: 16 July 2026
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since 16 July 2026 · Revised 16 July 2026.
Institutions can organise decisions, preserve memory, allocate authority, and shape the consequences of collective action. Their reality lies in maintained roles, rules, procedures, infrastructures, records, and practices that coordinate social activity across time. These capacities make institutions organisationally real, but they do not establish Biological Agency, Biological Evaluation, or biological individuality.