Joint Commitment: How We Make the Social World

by Margaret Gilbert

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging collection of essays, distinguished philosopher Margaret Gilbert investigates the structure of our social world. People often speak of what we do, think, and feel, and of our values, conventions, and laws. Asking what we mean by such talk, Gilbert invokes the foundational idea of joint commitment. She applies this idea to topics ranging from the mutual recognition of two people to the unity of the European Union, from marital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190251956
• ISBN13: 9780190251956
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"