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Develops an analyses of a number of central everyday concepts of social phenomena, including shared action, a social convention, a group's belief, and a group itself. This book proposes that the core social phenomena among human beings are "plural subject" phenomena.

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"In this rich and rewarding work, Margaret Gilbert provides a novel and detailed account of our everyday concepts of social collectivity. In so doing she makes a seminal contribution to ... some vexed issues in the philosophy of social science... [An] intellectually pioneering work."--Social Epistemology

On Social Facts

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 12 April 1992
      ISBN-13 9780691020808
      978-0691020808
      ISBN-10 0691020809
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Develops an analyses of a number of central everyday concepts of social phenomena, including shared action, a social convention, a group's belief, and a group itself. This book proposes that the core social phenomena among human beings are "plural subject" phenomena.

      Trade Review
      "In this rich and rewarding work, Margaret Gilbert provides a novel and detailed account of our everyday concepts of social collectivity. In so doing she makes a seminal contribution to ... some vexed issues in the philosophy of social science... [An] intellectually pioneering work."--Social Epistemology

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