Boyer's minimal model should also represent multiple ownership without collective agency

Area of Science:

• Psychology
• Cognitive Science
• Social Psychology

Background:

• Boyer's minimal model posits that joint possession activates collective agency representations.
• Existing models may not fully capture the nuances of diverse co-ownership structures.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore alternative representations of co-ownership beyond collective agency.
• To investigate the role of partible ownership in resource management.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual analysis of ownership psychology models.
• Examination of cooperative and competitive co-ownership frameworks.
• Theoretical exploration of partible ownership representations.

Main Results:

• Co-ownership can be represented by separate P() or L() tags, bypassing the need for a unified collective entity.
• Partible ownership representations are essential for facilitating cooperative production and resource distribution.
• The study highlights the limitations of solely focusing on collective agency in understanding joint possession.

Conclusions:

• Ownership psychology requires flexible models that accommodate diverse co-ownership forms.
• Understanding partible ownership is key to explaining cooperative resource dynamics.
• Future research should further investigate the cognitive underpinnings of different ownership representations.