Joint Action
by Stephen A. Butterfill • Spring 2017-2018 • Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Abstract
Joint action is a familiar feature of everyday life: people move tables together, walk together, play piano duets and cooperatively rear babies. For social (and eusocial) animals, effective joint action is necessary for survival. It also arguably explains the emergence, in evolution or development, of sophisticated cognitive capacities. Yet, as we will see, philosophers currently struggle to answer even the most basic questions about joint action.
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- --- University of Warwick , UK, Autumn 2017-18