Groups : toward a theory of plural embodiment
Abstract
Groups are ubiquitous in our lives. But while some of them are highly structured and appear to support a shared intentionality and even a shared agency, others are much less cohesive and do not seem to demand much of their individual members. Queues, for example, seem to be, at a given time, nothing over and above some individuals as they exemplify a certain spatial arrangement. Indeed, the main aim of this paper is to develop the more general thought that at a given time, a group is nothing over and above some individual members as they exemplify a certain complex condition. The general conception of groups that emerges is able to accommodate a variety of constraints on a reasonable answer to the question of what are groups.
Citation
Uzquiano , G 2018 , ' Groups : toward a theory of plural embodiment ' , Journal of Philosophy , vol. 115 , no. 8 , pp. 423-452 . https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2018115825
Publication
Journal of Philosophy
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0022-362XType
Journal article
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© 2018 The Journal of Philosophy, Inc. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2018115825
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