| Plural Action: Essays in Philosophy and Social Science 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Schmid, Hans Bernhard (Author) |
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ISBN: 9048124360 ISBN-13: 9789048124367 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: Collective Intentionality is a relatively new label for a basic social fact: the sharing of attitudes such as intentions, beliefs and emotions. This volume contributes to current research on collective intentionality by pursuing three aims. First, some of the main conceptual problems in the received literature are introduced, and a number of new insights into basic questions in the philosophy of collective intentionality are developed (part 1). Second, examples are given for the use of the analysis of collective intentionality in the theory and philosophy of the social sciences (part 2). Third, it is shown that this line of research opens up new perspectives on classical topics in the history of social philosophy and social science, and that, conversely, an inquiry into the history of ideas can lead to further refinement of our conceptual tools in the analysis of collective intentionality (part 3). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 128.4 |
| Series: Contributions to Phenomenology |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.27 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Collective intentionality is a label for shared mental attitudes such as joint intentions, shared belief, and collective emotions. Among these basic types of collective intentional states, joint intentions play an especially important role, and have been in the focus of the analysis of collective intentionality. The concept of joint intention is crucial for social philosophy, social theory, and the philosophy of social science. It is essential for an understanding of the structure of such basic categories as coordination, cooperation and communication, and it plays an important role in social ontology, the theory of practical reason, as well as in more specialized fields of research such as the analysis of collective responsibility. Opening up a new perspective on the basic structure of the social world, the analysis of collective intentionality is one of the most exciting recent developments in philosophical research. Over the last two decades, this field of study has attracted considerable attention from a wide range of philosophical sub-disciplines, as well as from neighboring fields such as social theory, cognitive science, decision theory, and developmental psychology, where some of the conceptual tools developed in collective intentionality analysis are already in use. This volume contributes to this rapidly evolving research program by pursuing three basic aims. The first goal is purely conceptual. Some of the main conceptual problems in the received debate are introduced, and a number of new insights into basic questions in the philosophy of collective intentionality are developed (part 1). Second, a number of examples are given for the use of collective intentionalityanalysis in the theory and philosophy of the social sciences (part 2). Third, it is shown how this line of research opens up new perspectives on classical topics in the history of social philosophy and social science, and how, conversely, an inquiry into the history of ideas can lead to further refinement of our conceptual tools in the analysis of collective intentionality (part 3). |