Facets of Sociality / / ed. by Nikos Psarros, Katinka Schulte-Ostermann.

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• MitwirkendeR: Detel, Wolfgang,; Gilbert, Margaret,; Hennig, Boris,; Johansson, Ingvar,; Kannetzky, Frank,; Lindgaard, Jakob,; Lundsten, Lars,; Psarros, Nikos,; Raatzsch, Richard,; Schmid, Hans Bernhard,; Siitonen, Arto,; Smith, Barry,; Stekeler-Weithofer, Pirmin,; Tollefsen, Deborah,; Tuomela, Raimo,; Österman, Bernt,
• HerausgeberIn: Psarros, Nikos,; Schulte-Ostermann, Katinka,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 15
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (370 p.)

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 topic in the discussion of the social aspects of personal life.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Index -- Introduction -- Part I: Social Ontology -- The Foundations of Social Coordination: John Searle and Hernando de Soto -- The Constitution of Social Objects by Common Actions -- Kosmos Noetos and Carnap’s Constitution of Cultural Objects -- Mental Causation and the Notion of Action -- From Individual Mind to Forms of Human Practice -- The Logic of Mind-Talk – Comment on Stekeler-Weithofer’s From Individual Mind to Forms of Human Practice -- How do non-Joint Commitments come into Being? -- Part II: Collective Action -- Acting together, Joint Commitment, and Obligation -- Joint Action -- Levels of Collectivity -- Social Facts Explained and Presupposed -- “We intend …” -- On Not Doing One’s Part -- Part III: Epistemic Holism -- Collective Epistemic Agency and the Need for Collective Epistemology -- Epistemology of Holes -- Interpretation, Understanding, and Application -- About the Authors -- Backmatter