By Raimo Tuomela

This philosophical and conceptual research exhibits how social practices (customs and traditions) are "building blocks of society." Raimo Tuomela systematically unearths how social associations are made from those "building blocks." His research relies at the novel notion of shared "we-attitudes," which symbolize a vulnerable kind of collective intentionality, and he makes instructive connections to significant themes and figures in philosophy and the social sciences.

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'The Philosophy of Social Practices makes an important contribution to the sector of collective intentionality and social motion by way of offering an research of social practices and associations that is distinctive, logical and comprehensive.' Philosophical Writings

'Raimo Tuomela's booklet supplies an exceptionally distinct, systematic and clarifying research of the relevant development blocks of the social international. The booklet relatively does appear to fill a void ... Tuomela fills his e-book with illuminating info, examples and novel distinctions.' Nordic magazine of Philosophy

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Norms which are not positionspecific) as well as group standards require or allow. () Actions and joint actions that do not, or at least need not, belong to classes () or () and which are based on situational intention formation or agreement making which has not been codified in the task-right system of g or the group norms of g, but which still are consistent with actions in () and (). () Freely chosen actions or activities (and possibly joint actions) which include actions and activities not within classes ()–(), but which are still not incompatible with them and which are within the realm of concern of g and rationally (understood broadly to amount to reasonably) collectively accepted by, or acceptable to, the members of g as such actions.

It involves the participants’ intention but possibly not yet their plan-based joint intention to achieve the goal. , the intended collective goal to have an old, historically valuable building restored). An intended collective goal in this sense is based on the participants’ shared intention and collective commitment  Philosophy of Social Practices to satisfy the content of the intention by acting together. The “Collectivity Condition” applies to the present notion of satisfaction (but is not required of case () concerning we-goals).

First, clause () must be understood liberally so as to allow that the participants need only have an intentionin-action to participate in the collective performance of X. Thus the joint or collective telos in their part performances is to participate in acting together relative to X. ) Secondly, () is also meant to allow for the possibility of “mixed intentions” in which a participant intends to perform X either together or alone (the latter possibly only if the first disjunct cannot in his view be realized).

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