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On Social Facts
Margaret Gilbert
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Description for On Social Facts
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 728.
Are social groups real in any sense that is independent of the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the individuals making up the group? Using methods of philosophy to examine such longstanding sociological questions, Margaret Gilbert gives a general characterization of the core phenomena at issue in the domain of human social life. After developing detailed 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--she proposes that the core social phenomena among human beings are "plural subject" phenomena. In her analyses Gilbert discusses the work of such ... Read more
Are social groups real in any sense that is independent of the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the individuals making up the group? Using methods of philosophy to examine such longstanding sociological questions, Margaret Gilbert gives a general characterization of the core phenomena at issue in the domain of human social life. After developing detailed 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--she proposes that the core social phenomena among human beings are "plural subject" phenomena. In her analyses Gilbert discusses the work of such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Weight
728g
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691020808
SKU
V9780691020808
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Reviews for On Social Facts
"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."
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