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27Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59 (4): 1086-1090. 1999.
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77We-Intentions and Social ActionAnalyse & Kritik 7 (1): 26-43. 1985.In the paper “We-intentions and Social Action” conceptual issues related to intentional social action are studied. By social actions we here mean actions that are performed together by two or more agents. The central concept of we-intention is introduced and applied to the analysis of simple social practical reasoning. An individualistic analysis of the notion of we-intention is proposed on the basis of the agents’ I-intentions and beliefs. The need and indispensability of we-intentions and we-a…Read more
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David Braybrooke, ed., Social Rules: Origin; Character; Logic; Change (review)Philosophy in Review 17 3-5. 1997.
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320Collective and joint intentionMind and Society 1 (2): 39-69. 2000.The paper discussed and analyzes collective and joint intentions of various strength. Thus there are subjectively shared collective intentions and intersubjectively shared collective intentions as well as collective intentions which are objectively and intersubjectively shared. The distinction between collective and private intentions is considered from several points of view. Especially, it is emphasized that collective intentions in the full sense are in the “we-mode”, whereas private intentio…Read more
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84The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of ViewOup Usa. 2007.The Philosophy of Sociality offers new ideas and conceptual tools for philosophers and social scientists in their analysis of the social world.
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4Mutual Beliefs and Social CharacteristicsIn Georg Schurz (ed.), Advances in Scientific Philosophy, . pp. 467--480. 1991.
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The Application Process of a Theory: With Special Reference to Some Behavioral TheoriesSuomalainen Tiedeakatemia. 1968.
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66In this paper I will discuss a certain philosophical and conceptual program -- that I have called philosophy of social action writ large -- and also show in detail how parts of the program have been, and is currently being carried out. In current philosophical research the philosophy of social action can be understood in a broad sense to encompass such central research topics as action occurring in a social context (this includes multi-agent action); shared we-attitudes (such as we-intention, mu…Read more
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18Human Action and its Explanation: A Study of the Philosophical Foundations of PsychologyNoûs 18 (1): 112-120. 1984.
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5Review of Beyond Individual Choice: Teams and Frames in Game Theory (review)Economics and Philosophy 25 (1): 125-133. 2009.
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87Acting as a Group Member and Collective CommitmentProtoSociology 18 7-65. 2003.In this paper we will study two central social notions, acting as a group member and collective commitment. Our study of the first of these notions is – as far as we know – the first systematic work on the topic. Acting as a group member is a central notion that obviously must be understood when speaking of the “we-perspective”, group life, and of social life more generally. Thus, not only philosophy of sociality, philosophy of social science, political and moral philosophy but also the various …Read more
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41The We-Mode Approach: A Response to John Wettersten’s Review of The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of ViewPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 40 (3): 513-517. 2010.The paper is a response to some critical points and omissions in John Wettersten’s review of my recent book The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of View (Oxford University Press, 2007). I point out in this short paper that the reviewer has not discussed the most central notions in the book relating to its "we-mode" approach, i.e. collective acceptance, group reasons, the collectivity condition, collective commitment and their role in accounting for e.g. cooperation, social institutions,…Read more
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33Contemporary Action TheorySpringer. 1997.Contemporary Action Theory, Volume I is concerned with topics in philosophical action theory such as reasons and causes of action, intentions, freedom of will and of action, omissions and norms in legal and ethical contexts, as well as activity, passivity and competence from medical points of view. Cognitive trying, freedom of the will and agent causation are challenges in the discussion on computers in action. The Volume consists of contributions by leading experts in the field written specific…Read more
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4The fate of folk psychology'In Antti Revonsuo & Matti Kamppinen (eds.), Consciousness in Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience, Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 227--248. 1994.
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35In Search of the Common Mind: Philip Pettit's "The Common Mind"International Journal of Philosophical Studies 2 (2): 306. 1994.The philosophy of social science can still be regarded as a much less densely populated part of philosophy than most other fields in it. However, there are neighbours in which research is booming. Thus the philosophy of cognitive science (and philosophy of psychology, to use an older title) is very popular today and so is moral philosophy. Philip Pettit's new book (1993) is mainly on the philosophical problems of social science, but a substantial part of it is also devoted to philosophy of psych…Read more
Raimo Tuomela
(1940 - 2020)
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University of HelsinkiDepartment of Philosophy (Theoretical Philosophy, Practical Philosophy, Philosophy in Swedish)Retired faculty