The philosophy of social practices : a collective acceptance view
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The philosophy of social practices : a collective acceptance view
Cambridge University Press, c2002
- : pbk.
Available at 13 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Collective intentionality and the construction of the social world
- 2. Collective intentionality
- 3. Conceptual activity, rule following and social practices
- 4. An account of social practices
- 5. A collective acceptance account of collective-social notions
- 6. Social institutions
- 7. Social practices in a dynamic context: a mathematical analysis
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index.
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