An institutional fact presupposes human institutions and is distinct from brute facts—facts like hydrogen atoms having one electron or the earth being 93 million miles from the sun that don't presuppose any institutions
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“institutional facts facts that presuppose human institutions facts like the fact that you are students and faculty members of the university of indiana or that your citizens of the united states and we need to contrast institutional facts with brute facts”
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