The Philosophy of Social Practices
Subtitle: A Collective Acceptance View
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521818605
Subjects: Social & political philosophy; Social theory; Philosophy; General; Business / Economics / Finance; Social institutions; Negotiating; Business & Economics / Negotiating; Philosophy / General; Philosophy-General; Criticism; Collective behavior; Manners and customs; Social psychology
First sentence: The central claim of this book is that collective intentionality in the form of "shared we-attitudes" is crucial for the proper understanding of social practices and social institutions as well as sociality in general.
Description: "This is the first systematic philosophical and conceptual study of the notion of a social practice. Raimo Tuomela explains social practices in terms of the interlocking intentions of the agents; he shows how social practices (for example customs and tradition) 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.

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, sociology, and Artificial Intelligence."--BOOK JACKET.