عنوان

A Theory of Social Action

(Number (ISBN

9400963173

(Number (ISBN

9789400963177

Number

b553946

Title Proper

A Theory of Social Action

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Raimo Tuomela.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1984

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(548 pages)

Series Title

Synthese library, 171.

Text of Note

1: Philosophy and the Theory of Social Action --;I Scientific Realism and the Social Sciences --;II Theorizing about Social Action --;2: Individualism and Concept Formation in the Social Sciences --;I Holistic Social Concepts --;II Conceptual Individualism --;III We-Intentions and Social Motivation --;3: Theories of Action --;I Views of Human Action --;II Mental Cause Theory --;III Agency Theory --;IV Hermeneutic Theory --;V Arguments for and against Causal Theories of Action --;4: The Purposive-Causal Theory of Human Action --;I The Fundamental Elements of the Purposive-Causal Theory of Action --;II The Structure of Single-Agent Action --;5: The Structure of Social Action --;I The General Nature of Social Action --;II Simple Social Actions --;III Complex Social Actions --;IV The Acting of Social Collectives --;V Group Interests Revisited --;6: Action Generation --;I Action Generation and the By-Relation --;II Action Generation and the Theory of Automata --;III Social Actions, Grammars, and Social Conduct Plans --;7: Practical Inference and Social Action --;I Loop Beliefs and Practical Inference --;II Mutual Beliefs --;III The Replicative Justification of Social Beliefs --;IV Social Action and Practical Inference --;V Mixed Interest Games and Practical Inference --;VI Social Rules and the Scope of Social Action --;8: Norms, Rules, and Social Structures --;I Social Norms --;II Social Rules --;III Similarity and Roles --;IV Social Structures --;9: Social Interaction and Control --;I Acting in Social Relation --;II Overt Social Interaction --;III Covert Social Interaction --;10: A Pragmatic Theory of Explanation --;I Explaining as Communicative Action --;II Emphasis --;III Understanding and Presuppositions --;11: Proximate Explanation of Social Action --;I Explanation and Social Action --;II Teleological Explanation --;III Purposive-Causal Explanation --;IV Reason-Explanation --;V Explaining the Style of Action --;VI Understanding Action --;12: Dynamic Explanation of Social Action --;I Explanation and Other-Regarding Utilities --;II Expected Utilities, Motives, and the Explanation of Social Action --;III The Nature of Dynamic Action Explanations --;13: Functional and Invisible Hand Explanation of Social Action --;I Action-Functions and Functional Explanations --;II Invisible Hand Explanations of Social Action --;14: Explanatory Individualism and Explanation of Social Laws --;I Explanatory Individualism --;II Explanation of Social Laws --;Notes --;Name index --;Index of Symbols, Definitions, and Theses.

Text of Note

It is somewhat surprising to find out how little serious theorizing there is in philosophy (and in social psychology as well as sociology) on the nature of social actions or joint act.

Philosophy (General)

Social sciences -- Philosophy.

by Raimo Tuomela.

Raimo Tuomela

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