Joint Intentionality and Collective Agency in Reasoning

Student: Esipova Evgeniia

Educational Programme: Philosophy (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This study focuses on understanding the phenomenon of cooperation. Previously, it discusses the best known cooperative action theories, which are based on the understanding of joint intentionality. In this case, the concepts of J. Searle, M. Bratman and M. Gilbert are considered. After that, the work proposes an alternative understanding of collectivity based on the Theory of Team-reasoning by M. Bacharach and R. Sugden.

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