A naturalistic argument for the irreducibility of collective intentionality

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-30

  Gallotti, Mattia ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

Author keywords

collective intentionality; joint attention; naturalism; reduction; social ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857956957     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393111426864     Document Type: Article

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