Raimo Tuomela

Social Ontology

Collective Intentionality and Group Agents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents a systematic philosophical theory related to the collectivism-versus-individualism debate in the social sciences. A weak version of collectivism (the "we-mode" approach) that depends on group-based collective intentionality is developed in the book. We-mode collective intentionality is not individualistically reducible and is needed to complement individualistic accounts in social scientific theorizing. The we-mode approach is used in the book to account for collective intention and action, cooperation, group attitudes, social practices and institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9780190612382
• ISBN-10: 019061238X
• Artikelnr.: 47867969

Autorenporträt

Raimo Tuomela is Professor Emeritus of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki and permanent visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He holds Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Helsinki and Stanford University. His previous works include The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of View (OUP 2007), The Philosophy of Social Practices (2002), Cooperation: A Philosophical Study (2000), and The Importance of Us (1995). Currently Tuomela functions as the president of the International Social Ontology Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Groups and We-Thinking
Chapter 3: Collective Intentions
Chapter 4: Acting for Social Reasons
Chapter 5: Collective Acceptance and the Formation of Group Attitudes
Chapter 6: Cooperation and Authority
Chapter 7: We-Reasoning in Game-Theoretic Context
Chapter 8: Institutional Facts and Institutions
Chapter 9: Group Solidarity: All for One and One for All
References
Index