Inhaltsangabe1. Collective Intentionality Reconsidered. 1.1. Plural Action: Concepts and Problems 1.2. Overcoming the 'Cartesian Brainwash' 1.3.On Not Doing One's Part 1.4. Shared Feelings 2. Collective Intentionality in the Social Sciences. 2.1. Social Identities in Experimental Economics 2.2. Rationalizing Coordination 2.3. Beyond Self-Goal Choice: Rationality and Commitment 2.4. Lending a Hand: Basic Structures of Cooperation 3. Engaging the 'Classics': Four Critical Readings 3.1. Martin Heidegger and the 'Cartesian Brainwash' 3.2. Moritz Lazarus' Concept of Volksgeist 3.3. Gabriel Tarde and the Limits of Memetics 3.4. Max Weber's Concept of Consensus

Hans Bernhard Schmid is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Basel, Switzerland.