From individual to collective intentionality : new essays / edited by Sara Rachel Chant, Frank Hindriks, and Gerhard Preyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chant, Sara Rachel, editor.

Hindriks, Frank, editor.

Preyer, Gerhard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intentionality (Philosophy).

Intentionality (Philosophy)--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

225 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Summary:

Acting together requires collective intentions. The essays in this volume seek to critically assess or to enrich theories of collective intentionality by exploring topics such as collective belief, mutual coordination, and the explanation of group behavior. The volume breaks new ground by challenging the idea that there is a straightforward dichotomy between individual and collective level rationality. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Collective Attitudes and Actions

1 A Dynamic Theory of Shared Intention and the Phenomenology of Joint Action / Deborah Tollefsen Tollefsen, Deborah 13

2 Collective Goals Analyzed / Kaarlo Miller Miller, Kaarlo, Raimo Tuomela Tuomela, Raimo 34

3 Group Belief and Acceptance / Frederick F. Schmitt Schmitt, Frederick F. 61

4 Against Group Cognitive States / Robert D. Rupert Rupert, Robert D. 97

5 The Ontology of Collective Action / Kirk Ludwig Ludwig, Kirk 112

Part 2 Collective Rationality

6 Indispensability, the Discursive Dilemma, and Groups with Minds of Their Own / Abraham Sesshu Roth Roth, Abraham Sesshu 137

7 Do Groups Have Scientific Knowledge? / Melinda Bonnie Fagan Fagan, Melinda Bonnie 163

8 Collective Rationality's Roots / Paul Weirich Weirich, Paul 187

9 Structural Rationality and Collective Intentions / Julian Nida-Rümelin Nida-Rümelin, Julian 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199936502

0199936501

OCLC:

859582252