Human beings act together in characteristic ways, and these forms of shared activity matter
to us a great deal. Think of friendship and love, singing duets, dancing together, and the joys …

The Community of Advantage asks how economists should do normative analysis.
Normative analysis in economics has usually aimed at satisfying individuals' preferences. Its …

We live in a world of crowds and corporations, artworks and artifacts, legislatures and
languages, money and markets. These are all social objects-they are made, at least in part …

Our world is currently divided into territorial states that resist all attempts to change their
borders. But what entitles a state, or the people it represents, to assume monopoly control …

Understanding Institutions proposes a new unified theory of social institutions that combines
the best insights of philosophers and social scientists who have written on this topic …

Linguistic interaction between two people is the fundamental form of communication, yet
almost all research in language use focuses on isolated speakers and listeners. In this …

The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents
interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as …

How and to what extent do people take into account the intentions of others? Alessandro
Duranti sets out to answer this question, showing that the role of intentions in human …

This paper begins with an intuition, a notation, and a presupposition. The intuition is:
Collective intentional behavior is a primitive phenomenon that cannot: be analyzed as just …

Suppose that reasons for someone to do something must be considerations that would sway
him toward doing it if he entertained them rationally.'And suppose that the only …