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Facets of sociality / Nikos Psarros, Katinka Schulte-Ostermann (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis
- Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 15
- Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Action theory--Congresses.
- Action theory.
- Social interaction--Congresses.
- Social interaction.
- Social epistemology--Congresses.
- Social epistemology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (381 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The aim of this volume is to explore new approaches to the problem of the constitution of the various aspects of sociality and to confront these with received ideas. Therefore many of the contributions to this volume are devoted to a rather holistic and antireductionist conception of social objects, groups, joint actions and collective knowledge. The topics, that are dealt with are: a) the question of the ontological status of social objects and their relation to physical objects, b) collective agency and c) the question whether there can be shared knowledge and shared beliefs - a rather new t
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Social ontology
- pt. 2. Collective action
- pt. 3. Epistemic holism.
- Notes:
- "This volume comprises talks given to the workshop 'Holistic Epistemology and Theory of Action' that was organized by Professor Pirmin-Stekeler-Weithofer, the Forum Analytische Philosophie of the German Philosophical Society (DGPhil), and the editors in June 2004 at the University of Leipzig."--P. [i].
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-938793-39-2
- 3-11-032693-0
- OCLC:
- 851971933
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