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The common mind : an essay on psychology, society, and politics / Philip Pettit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pettit, Philip, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intentionality (Philosophy).
- Intentionality (Philosophy)--Social aspects.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Social psychology--Philosophy.
- Social psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 381 pages)
- Other Title:
- Essay on psychology, society, and politics
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work argues for an original way of marking off thinking subjects, in particular human beings, from other intentional systems, both natural and artificial.
- Contents:
- Intentionality
- Intentional Agents
- Intentional States
- Thought
- The First Requirement: Intentional Ascent
- The Second Requirement: Rule-Following
- Mind And Society
- For Individualism, against Collectivism
- Do Structural Regularities Override Intentional?
- Do Structural Regularities Outflank Intentional?
- For Holism, against Atomism
- The Argument for Holism
- Holism and Relativism
- Mind, Society, And Theory
- Social Theory
- Intentional Interpretation
- Structural and Historicist Theory
- Rational Choice Theory
- Political Theory
- Contract-Centred Thought
- Value-Centred Thought
- Institution-Centred Thought
- Postscript: A Common Mind in Three Senses.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-370) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-45282-X
- 9786610452828
- 0-19-802661-7
- 0-585-34891-X
- OCLC:
- 922953077
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