Social Ontology: Collective Intentionality and Group Agents

by Raimo Tuomela

Book Overview

Social ontology, in its broadest sense, is the study of the nature of social reality, including collective intentions and agency. The starting point of Tuomela's account of collective intentionality is the distinction between thinking and acting as a private person ("I-mode") versus as a "we-thinking" group member ("we-mode"). The we-mode approach is based on social groups consisting of persons, which may range from simple task groups consisting of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019061238X
• ISBN13: 9780190612382
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"