Facets of Sociality

by Psarros, Nikos

• ISBN13: 9783938793398
• ISBN10: 3938793392
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-31
• Publisher: Ontos Verlag

Summary

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

Social Ontology	p. 1
The Foundations of Social Coordination: John Searle and Hernando de Solo	p. 3
The Constitution of Social Objects by Common Actions	p. 23
Kosmos Noetos and Carnap's Constitution of Cultural Objects	p. 33
Mental Causation and the Notion of Action	p. 51
From Individual Mind to Forms of Human Practice	p. 85
The Logic of Mind-Talk - Comment on Stekeler-Weithofer's From Individual Mind to Forms of Human Practice	p. 117
How do non-Joint Commitments come into Being? An Attempt at Cultural Naturalism	p. 135
Collective Action	p. 151
Acting together, Joint Commitment, and Obligation	p. 153
Joint Action	p. 169
Levels of Collectivity	p. 209
Social Facts Explained and Presupposed	p. 243
"We intend ..."	p. 265
On Not Doing One's Part	p. 287
Epistemic Holism	p. 307
Collective Epistemic Agency and the Need for Collective Epistemology	p. 309
Epistemology of Holes	p. 331
Interpretation, Understanding, and Application	p. 355
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