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020			_a9783110628111
041			_aEnglish
082			_223 _a128.4 _bWIT
100			_aWitzel, Herman
245			_aA pragmatic approach to agency in group activity / Vol. 23 _cHerman Witzel
260			_aBerlin : _bDe Gruyter, _c2020.
300			_aviii, 172 p.: _bill.; _c24 cm.
505			_a1. Introduction 2. Disruption of agency in group activity 3. Characteristics of group activity _t4. The cutlery of agency 5. Kinds of agency
520			_aA Pragmatic Approach to Agency in Group Activity builds towards an action theory that explains how new forms agency develop in group activity. The approach starts from practical insights about group activity and develops a new understanding of agency from there. This study shows how practical interactions and structures in group activity disrupt individual agency. It is concluded that important features of agency can be realized on a group level. Different types of group activities are analyzed in order to better understand these mechanisms and, consequently, revisit our understanding of agency. It is argued that "intentionality," the key concept in individual action theory, merely serves as a pseudo-explanatory connection between specific features of agency and their realization in humans. This is contrasted with empirical research showing that how humans act is far from the idealized concept of intentionality. Consequently, intentionality as a key explanatory concept is rejected and replaced by a diverse set of features of agency for a similarly diverse set of kinds of agency. In this view, groups display new forms agency beyond individual agency without making the groups agents themselves
650			_aAgent (Philosophy)
650			_aDécision de groupe
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