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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957083403321

Autore

Tuomela Raimo

Titolo

The philosophy of social practices : a collective acceptance view / / by Raimo Tuomela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13553-2

0-521-03923-1

0-511-05457-2

1-280-43464-3

0-511-48744-4

0-511-17785-2

0-511-14832-1

9780511020775

0-511-32582-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

302.3/5

Soggetti

Collective behavior

Social psychology

Manners and customs

Social institutions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Collective intentionality and the construction of the social world -- Collective intentionality -- Conceptual activity, rule following, and social practices -- Account of social practices -- Collective acceptance account of collective-social notions -- Social institutions -- Social practices in a dynamic context: a mathematical analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

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.