This is a systematic philosophical and conceptual study of the notion of a social practice.
Raimo Tuomela explains social practices in terms of the interlocking mental states of the agents…

Social ontology, in its broadest sense, is the study of the nature of social reality, including
collective intentions and agency. The starting point of Tuomela's account of collective …

This book develops a systematic philosophical theory of social action and group phenomena,
in the process presenting detailed analyses of such central social notions as' we-attitude'(…

Concepts based on full-blown collective intentionality (aboutness), viz., we-mode intentionality,
are central for understanding and explaining the social world. The book systematically …

Paradigmatically, a we-intention is a participatory intention of a group member to do her part
of a joint action, together with the other members, while believing that there is a mutual …

In Cooperation, A Philosophical Study, Tuomela offers the first comprehensive philosophical
theory of cooperation. He builds on such notions a collective and joint goals, mutual beliefs, …

This paper gives an up-to-date account of we-intentions and responds to some critics of the
author’s earlier work on the topic in question. While the main lines of the new account are …

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. hons in …

It is argued in this paper that there can be both ‘normative’ and ‘nonnormative, merely factual
group beliefs. The former involve the whole social group in question, while the latter only …

to that goal, and it is hoped that it will incorporate further works dealing in an exact way with
interesting philosophical issues. Zurich, April 1973 Mario Bunge Preface In this book I have …