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Book SynopsisSocializing Metaphysics supplies diverse answers to the basic questions of social metaphysics, from a broad array of voices. It will interest all philosophers and social scientists concerned with mind, action, or the foundations of social theory.
Trade ReviewAnyone interested in the subject of the metaphysics of the social should own this anthology and study it with care. It contains the latest developments in the thinking of some of the main contributors to the field, and the admirable introduction sets the context for these contributions in a way that allows even the uninitiated to find them accessible. -- Carol Rovane, Columbia University
... the volume has far too many virtues to be left outside an course reading lists or library orders on social theory. * Metapsychology Online *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Socializing Metaphysics: An Introduction Chapter 2 The Structure of the Social Atom: Joint Commitment as the Foundation of Human Social Behavior Chapter 3 Practical Intersubjectivity Chapter 4 The We-Mode and the I-Mode Chapter 5 Joint Action: From Individualism to Supraindividualism Chapter 6 Group with Minds of their Own Chapter 7 Social Ontology and Political Power Chapter 8 Conventions and Form of Life Chapter 9 Denotation and Discovery Chapter 10 Individual Autonomy and Sociality Chapter 11 Social Construction: The "Debunking" Project Chapter 12 Social Construction, Social Roles, and Stability
