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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964996003321

Titolo

Facets of sociality / / Nikos Psarros, Katinka Schulte-Ostermann (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2007

ISBN

3-938793-39-2

3-11-032693-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ; ; 15

Philosophische Analyse ; ; Bd. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

PsarrosNikolaos

Schulte-OstermannKatinka

Disciplina

126

Soggetti

Action theory

Social interaction

Social epistemology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume comprises talks given to the workshop 'Holistic Epistemology and Theory of Action' that was organized by Professor Pirmin-Stekeler-Weithofer, the Forum Analytische Philosophie of the German Philosophical Society (DGPhil), and the editors in June 2004 at the University of Leipzig."--P. [i].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Social ontology -- pt. 2. Collective action -- pt. 3. Epistemic holism.

Sommario/riassunto

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 t