Humans share with many species the ability to act intentionally. Piaget (1936) demonstrated
that from 8–9 months human infants engage in coordinated means-ends behavior …

The foundation of any account of social reality is an account of the nature of collective
behavior, and in particular collective intentional behavior. Social practices and social …

It is often seen as a truism that social objects and facts are the product of human intentions. I
argue that the role of intentions in social ontology is commonly overestimated. I introduce a …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

The term “social cognition” can be construed in different ways. On the one hand, it can refer
to the cognitive faculties involved in social activities, defined simply as situations where two …

The capacity to engage in collective intentionality is a key aspect of human sociality. Social
coordination might not be distinctive of humans—various nonhuman animals engage in …

Prima facie, it is not obvious how certain phenomena of central concern to human beings in
general and to philosophers in particular can be accommodated within a unitary physicalist …

To understand themselves as playing a social role, individuals must understand themselves
to be contributing to a cooperative endeavor. Psychologically, the form of cooperation …

74 S. MILLER is, a form of relationalism. It is relational in two senses. First, as mentioned
earlier, singular actions often stand in relations to one another, eg two partners dancing, and …

It is commonplace, if erroneous, to suppose that worldviews (or ontological conceptions) that
underpin, or are presupposed by, substantive analyses and/or methodological stances are …