Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Index v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part I: Social Ontology
5. The Foundations of Social Coordination: John Searle and Hernando de Soto 3
6. The Constitution of Social Objects by Common Actions 23
7. Kosmos Noetos and Carnap’s Constitution of Cultural Objects 33
8. Mental Causation and the Notion of Action 51
9. From Individual Mind to Forms of Human Practice 85
10. The Logic of Mind-Talk – Comment on Stekeler-Weithofer’s From Individual Mind to Forms of Human Practice 117
11. How do non-Joint Commitments come into Being? 135
12. Part II: Collective Action
13. Acting together, Joint Commitment, and Obligation 153
14. Joint Action 169
15. Levels of Collectivity 209
16. Social Facts Explained and Presupposed 243
17. “We intend …” 265
18. On Not Doing One’s Part 287
19. Part III: Epistemic Holism
20. Collective Epistemic Agency and the Need for Collective Epistemology 309
21. Epistemology of Holes 331
22. Interpretation, Understanding, and Application 355
23. About the Authors 369
24. Backmatter 371