ISBN:
9780847681518
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (431 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Living Together : Rationality, Sociality, and Obligation
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Collective behavior
;
Political obligation
;
Social action
;
Social groups
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Following up her landmark work On Social Facts, this collection of essays by noted social philosopher Margaret Gilbert develops and deepens her theory of social groups as 'plural subjects.' She asks, how far can our rationality take us when we pursue our personal goals? What does it mean to be a member of a group? Does group membership involve obligations and rights, and, if so, how? Gilbert argues that, in order to understand the social dimensions of human life, we must go beyond the prevailing 'game theoretic' picture of people acting as independent individuals, to incorporate their situatio
Description / Table of Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Two Standpoints-The Personal and the Collective; Part I: Rationality, Coordination, and Convention; 1. Rationality and Salience; 2. Rationality, Coordination, and Convention; 3. Notes on the Concept of a Social Convention; 4. On Language and Convention; 5. Game Theory and Convention; Part II: Sociality: Introducing Plural Subjects; 6. Walking Together: A Paradigmatic Social Phenomenon; 7. Modeling Collective Belief; 8. Fusion: Sketch of a ""Contractual"" Model
Description / Table of Contents:
9. On the Question Whether Language Has a Social Nature: Some Aspects of Winch and Others on Wittgenstein10. Group Languages and ""Criteria""; 11. More on Social Facts; Part III: Joint Commitment and Obligation; 12. Agreements, Coercion, and Obligation; 13. Is an Agreement an Exchange of Promises?; 14. More on Collective Belief; 15. Group Membership and Political Obligation; 16. On Feeling Guilt for What One's Group Has Done; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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