Cooperation: A Philosophical Study

In Cooperation, A Philosophical Study, Tuomela offers the first comprehensive philosophical theory of cooperation. He builds on such notions a collective and joint goals, mutual beliefs, collective commitments, acting together and acting collectively. The book analyzes the varieties of cooperation, making use of the crucial distinction between group-mode and individual-mode cooperation. The former is based on collective goals and collective commitments, the latter on private goals and commitments. The book discusses the attitudes and the kinds of practical reasoning that cooperation requires and investigate some of the conditions under which cooperation is likely, rationally, to occur. It also shows some of the drawbacks of the standard game-theoretical treatments of cooperation and presents a survey of cooperation research in neighbouring fields.
Readership: Essential reading for researchers and graduate students in philosophy. Also of interest to researchers int he social sciences and AI.

Author: R. Tuomela
Publisher: Springer
Published: 02/29/2000
Pages: 436
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780792362012

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 11

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