Raimo Tuomela is Professor Emeritus of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki and permanent visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He holds Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Helsinki and Stanford University. His previous works include The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of View (OUP 2007), The Philosophy of Social Practices (2002), Cooperation: A Philosophical Study (2000), and The Importance of Us (1995). Currently Tuomela functions as the president of the International Social Ontology Society.

• Preface ; Table of Contents ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Groups and We-Thinking ; Chapter 3: Collective Intentions ; Chapter 4: Acting for Social Reasons ; Chapter 5: Collective Acceptance and the Formation of Group Attitudes ; Chapter 6: Cooperation and Authority ; Chapter 7: We-Reasoning in Game-Theoretic Context ; Chapter 8: Institutional Facts and Institutions ; Chapter 9: Group Solidarity: All for One and One for All ; References ; Index

Remarkably, this grand, synoptic vision is not painted with broad brushstrokes but with immensely fine-grained exactitude and analytical rigor, each chapter teeming with detailed technical analyses, exhaustive taxonomies, precisely stipulated definitions and formalized arguments.

Raimo Tuomela is Professor Emeritus of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki and permanent visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He holds Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Helsinki and Stanford University. His previous works include The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of View (OUP 2007), The Philosophy of Social Practices (2002), Cooperation: A Philosophical Study (2000), and The Importance of Us (1995). Currently Tuomela functions as the president of the International Social Ontology Society.

• Preface ; Table of Contents ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Groups and We-Thinking ; Chapter 3: Collective Intentions ; Chapter 4: Acting for Social Reasons ; Chapter 5: Collective Acceptance and the Formation of Group Attitudes ; Chapter 6: Cooperation and Authority ; Chapter 7: We-Reasoning in Game-Theoretic Context ; Chapter 8: Institutional Facts and Institutions ; Chapter 9: Group Solidarity: All for One and One for All ; References ; Index

Remarkably, this grand, synoptic vision is not painted with broad brushstrokes but with immensely fine-grained exactitude and analytical rigor, each chapter teeming with detailed technical analyses, exhaustive taxonomies, precisely stipulated definitions and formalized arguments.

Raimo Tuomela is Professor Emeritus of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki and permanent visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He holds Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Helsinki and Stanford University. His previous works include The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of View (OUP 2007), The Philosophy of Social Practices (2002), Cooperation: A Philosophical Study (2000), and The Importance of Us (1995). Currently Tuomela functions as the president of the International Social Ontology Society.

• Preface ; Table of Contents ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Groups and We-Thinking ; Chapter 3: Collective Intentions ; Chapter 4: Acting for Social Reasons ; Chapter 5: Collective Acceptance and the Formation of Group Attitudes ; Chapter 6: Cooperation and Authority ; Chapter 7: We-Reasoning in Game-Theoretic Context ; Chapter 8: Institutional Facts and Institutions ; Chapter 9: Group Solidarity: All for One and One for All ; References ; Index

Remarkably, this grand, synoptic vision is not painted with broad brushstrokes but with immensely fine-grained exactitude and analytical rigor, each chapter teeming with detailed technical analyses, exhaustive taxonomies, precisely stipulated definitions and formalized arguments.