On Social Facts

by Margaret Gilbert

Book Overview

Are social groups real in any sense that is independent of the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the individuals making up the group? Using methods of philosophy to examine such longstanding sociological questions, Margaret Gilbert gives a general characterization of the core phenomena at issue in the domain of human social life. After developing detailed analyses of a number of central everyday concepts of social phenomena--including shared action,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691020809
• ISBN13: 9780691020808
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.6"