Universität Wien

180148 SE Group Agency (2012S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 45 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 06.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 17.04. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 24.04. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 08.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 15.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 22.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 05.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 12.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 19.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 26.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Companies, nation states, political parties, and universities are agents. This view seems natural enough form an folk sociological perspective, and is commonplace in ordinary language. However, most philosophers and social scientists have tended to assume that for the purposes of a proper analysis, only individuals should be treated as real and proper agents. In their recent book on Group Agency, Philip Pettit and Christian List argue that this view is mistaken. Under some circumstances, collectives are proper agents in the sense that there is no straightforward reduction of group agency to the attitudes of the participating individuals.
In this course, Pettit's and List's argument will be examined, and the consequences for social philosophy, the philosophy of social science, and social ontology will be discussed.

Assessment and permitted materials

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Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Philip Pettit/Christian List: Group Agency. Oxford, OUP 2010.
Further reading will be announced in the first session.

Association in the course directory

MA M1, M3

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