The Philosophy of Sociality

The Philosophy of Sociality
Author: Raimo Tuomela
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199886075

Concepts based on full-blown collective intentionality (aboutness), viz., we-mode intentionality, are central for understanding and explaining the social world. The book systematically studies social groups, acting in them as a group member, collective commitment, group intentions, beliefs, and actions, especially authority-based group attitudes and actions. There are also chapters on cooperation, social institutions, cultural evolution, and group responsibility.

Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science

Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 818
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780262631518

the first comprehensive anthology in the philosophy of social science to appear since the late 1960s

The Philosophy of Sociality

The Philosophy of Sociality
Author: Raimo Tuomela
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198042752

Concepts based on full-blown collective intentionality (aboutness), viz., we-mode intentionality, are central for understanding and explaining the social world. The book systematically studies social groups, acting in them as a group member, collective commitment, group intentions, beliefs, and actions, especially authority-based group attitudes and actions. There are also chapters on cooperation, social institutions, cultural evolution, and group responsibility.

The Philosophy of Social Practices

The Philosophy of Social Practices
Author: Raimo Tuomela
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2002-10-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 113943490X

This is a systematic philosophical and conceptual study of the notion of a social practice. Raimo Tuomela explains social practices in terms of the interlocking mental states of the agents; he shows how social practices (for example customs and traditions) are 'building blocks of society'; and he offers a clear and powerful account of the way in which social institutions are constructed from these building blocks as established, interconnected sets of social practices with a special new social status. His analysis is based on the novel concept of shared 'we-attitudes', which represent a weak form of collective intentionality, and he makes instructive connections to major topics and figures in philosophy and the social sciences. His book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, psychology and sociology, and artificial intelligence.

The Philosophy of Society

The Philosophy of Society
Author: Rodger Beehler
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2023-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000969762

The Philosophy of Society (1978) examines no less a weighty subject than human society. In fifteen essays, it analyses a series of fundamentally important questions about how human beings organise themselves.

Social Ontology and Collective Intentionality

Social Ontology and Collective Intentionality
Author: Gerhard Preyer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319332368

This volume features a critical evaluation of the recent work of the philosopher, Prof. Raimo Tuomela and it also offers it offers new approaches to the collectivism-versus-individualism debate. It specifically looks at Tuomela's book Social Ontology and its accounts of collective intentionality and related topics. The book contains eight essays written by expert contributors that present different perspectives on Tuomela’s investigation into the philosophy of sociality, social ontology, theory of action, and (philosophical) decision and game theory. In addition, Tuomela himself gives a comprehensive response to each essay and defends his theory in terms of the new arguments presented here. Overall, readers will gain a deeper insight into group reasoning and the "we-mode" approach, which is used to account for collective intention and action, cooperation, group attitudes, social practices, and institutions as well as group solidarity. This book will be of interest to a wide range of readers and graduate students and researchers interested in contemporary philosophy of sociality, sociological theory, social ontology as well as the philosophy of mind, decision and game theory, and cognitive science. Tuomela’s book stands as a model of excellence in social ontology, an especially intractable field of philosophical inquiry that benefits conspicuously from the devotion of Tuomela’s keen philosophical mind. His book is must reading in social ontology. J. Angelo Corlett, Julia Lyons Strobel

Philosophy and Social Hope

Philosophy and Social Hope
Author: Richard Rorty
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1999-08-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0141946113

Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those of his writings aimed at a wider audience, many published in book form for the first time. In these eloquent essays, articles and lectures, Rorty gives a stimulating summary of his central philosophical beliefs and how they relate to his political hopes; he also offers some challenging insights into contemporary America, justice, education and love.

The Philosophy of Social Science Reader

The Philosophy of Social Science Reader
Author: Daniel Steel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Social sciences
ISBN: 9780415779692

The Philosophy of Social Science Reader is an outstanding, comprehensive and up-to-date collection of key readings in the philosophy of social science, covering the essential issues, problems and debates in this important interdisciplinary area ... Featuring the work of influential philosophers and social scientists such as Ernest Nagel, Ian Hacking, John Searle, Clifford Geertz, Daniel Kahneman, Steven Lukes and Richard Dawkins, The Philosophy of Social Science Reader is the ideal text for philosophy of social science courses, and for students in related disciplines interested in the differences between the social and natural sciences. -- Product Description.

A New Philosophy of Society

A New Philosophy of Society
Author: Manuel DeLanda
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2006-09-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1441114483

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. In his new book, he offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, Delanda proposes a novel approach to social ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from the conceptions we have of them.