Agent Causation and Collective Agency

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Concepts of Sharedness vii
4. Part I: Shared Attitudes
5. Collective Intentionality and Group Reasons 3
6. Collaborative Art and Collective Intention 21
7. Winks, Sighs and Smiles? Joint Attention, Common Knowledge and Ephemeral Groups 41
8. Shared Feelings Towards a Phenomenology of Collective Affective Intentionality 59
9. Part II: Analysing Sharedness
10. Limiting Reductionism in the Theory of Collective Action 89
11. The Status Account of Corporate Agents 119
12. Collectivity and Circularity 145
13. On the Ontology of Collective Intentionality: A Constructivist Perspective 165
14. Agent Causation and Collective Agency 191
15. Part III: Sharedness and Normativity
16. Reliance and Intending the Joint Activity 211
17. The Logic of External Reasons and Collective Intentionality 225
18. Valuing Interpersonal Relationships and Acting Together 253
19. Mental Non Self-sufficiency, Sociality and Common Agency 273
20. Joint Commitment and the Practice of Democracy 285
21. References 304
22. About the Authors 305
23. Backmatter 307