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Explaining Collective Intentionality
Author(s) -
Miscevic Nenad
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/1536-7150.t01-1-00010
Subject(s) - intentionality , phenomenon , epistemology , sociology , psychology , social psychology , philosophy
A BSTRACT . The Construction of Social Reality contains interesting suggestions about the ways in which phenomena of we‐intentionality derive from beliefs and desires of social agents. This explanatory trust is in deep tension with Searle's general view that we‐intentionality is a primitive phenomenon. I propose that we preserve the explanations and reject the general view, and argue for the proposal.