Editors:
- First collection of contributions combining research on social ontology and social cognition
- Explores theoretical and empirical literature on the ontology of artefacts that has rapidly expanded across the sciences of mind and brain
- Contains new commentary by and interview with John Searle in which he addresses the criticisms raised by the other authors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality (SIPS, volume 4)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Perspectives on Social Ontology
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Front Matter
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Perspectives on Social Cognition
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Front Matter
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About this book
Perspectives on Social Ontology and Social Cognition brings together contributions discussing issues arising from theoretical and empirical research on social ontology and social cognition. It is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary collection in this rapidly expanding area. The contributors draw upon their diverse backgrounds in philosophy, cognitive science, behavioral economics, sociology of science and anthropology.
Based largely on contributions to the first Aarhus-Paris conference held at the University of Aarhus in June 2012, the book addresses such questions as: If the reference of concepts like money is fixed by collective acceptance, does it depend on mechanisms that are distinct from those which contribute to understanding the reference of concepts of other kinds of entity? What psychological and neural mechanisms, if any, are involved in the constitution, persistence and recognition of social facts?
The editors’ introduction considers strands of research that have gained increasing importance in explaining the cognitive foundations of acts of sociality, for example, the theory that humans are predisposed and motivated to engage in joint action with con-specifics thanks to mechanisms that enable them to share others’ mental states. The book also presents a commentary written by John Searle for this volume and an interview in which the editors invite Searle to respond to the various questions raised in the introduction and by the other contributors.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Mattia Gallotti
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Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
John Michael
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on Social Ontology and Social Cognition
Editors: Mattia Gallotti, John Michael
Series Title: Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9147-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9146-5Published: 30 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0096-0Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9147-2Published: 11 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2542-9094
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9108
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 189
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Personality and Social Psychology, Philosophy of Mind