CURRICULUM VITAE
Raimo Heikki T u o m e l a
Place and date of birth:
Home page: http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/tuomela/
Academic
training:
Matriculation examination, Helsingin lyseo,
1959
Candidate of the Humanities (B.A.),
Candidate of Philosophy
(M.A.),
Licentiate of Philosophy, 1966; major:
Psychology
Doctor's thesis (in theoretical philosophy)
debated in public at
the University of
Doctor of Philosophy,
Graduate studies at Stanford University (U.S.A.), 1966 -
1967, 1969
Doctor of Philosophy,
Positions
held:
Research assistant at the psychological
department of the
Institute for Occupational Health, March 12, 1962 - 31. 8.1962
Assistant in psychology,
Temporary half-day assistant in practical
philosophy,
Senior assistant in practical philosophy,
Acting professor of
philosophy,
Docent of the methodology
of social sciences,
Acting professor of practical philosophy,
especially the
methodology of social sciences,
Appointed permanently to full professor of practical philosophy,
especially the methodology of social sciences,
Appointed to Academy Professor (research
professor) at the
Fellow of the
Permanent visiting professor (lehrbeauftragter
Professor) at the department of philosophy of the
Administrative
experience
Head of the Department of Practical
Philosophy (viz. Social and Moral Philosophy), University of Helsinki, 1979-1991Member of the Council of the Faculty of the
Social Sciences, University of Helsinki,
1970-1991
Member of the Senate of the University of
Helsinki, 1977-1991
Additional
activities:
Editor-in-Chief of the
academic book series “Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality” (Springer
Publishing Co.)
Member of the board of consulting editors of
the following publications:
- The Journal of Ethics
- Theoria
- Episteme (monograph series)
- Methodos
- Theory and Decision Library
-
- Episteme (journal)
- Mind
and Society (Associate
Editor)
Refereeing for the above and other scholarly
journals as well as
for various funds and foundations (e.g. the National Science Foundation)
Memberships
in learned societies:
Philosophy of Science Association
British Society for the Philosophy of
Science
American Philosophical Association
Research Grants, Awards, etc.
Research grants from the
Killam post doctoral fellowship (Canada
Council),
Visiting fellow, Department of Philosophy,
Member of the
Visiting research professor under the exchange program
between the University of
Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy,
Academic Visitor, Department of Philosophy,
Logic and Scientific
Method, The London School of Economics and Political
Science, fall 1990, Winter 1996
Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy,
Humboldt Forschungspreis
für ausländische Geisteswissenschaftler
(Humboldt Research Award
Winner), awarded in recognition
of achievements in research by Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation (Germany), Dec. 7, 1992
Listed in several biographic encyclopedias,
such as "Who's Who in the World", "Men of Achievement",
etc.; mentioned as one of
"the leading figures
in Finnish research today" in "Facts about
Suomen valkoisen ruusun I luokan
ritarimerkki (Finnish White Rose First Class Medal of Honor), Dec. 6, 1992
Fields
of Research
Main current field of research: philosophy
of the social sciences,
especially the general theory of social action.
Secondary fields of research: 1)
philosophical foundations of cognitive science, 2) general philosophy
of science, 3) metaphysics
Scholarly
lectures:
- Scandinavian congress of Psychology at
Jyväskylä, 1965
- International symposium "Confirmation
and Information",
- Scandinavian meeting of Philosophy,
- The
3rd International Congress in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
- Symposium on the Construction of Models,
- XIV World Congress of Philosophy,
- 1st Scandinavian Congress in Logic,
- The
4th International Congress in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
-
First meeting of
the Society for
Exact Philosophy,
- Bertrand Russell Colloquium,
- The 3rd Scandinavian meeting in Logic,
- Invited series of
lectures (by Societa' Italiana di
Logica e Filosofia delle Scienza)
the logic of induction at the meeting of the
Summer School in Philosophy of Science in
- XV World Congress in Philosophy,
- Invited lecture at the
- Conference on Formal
Methods in Empirical Sciences,
- Lectures at the following universities in
The
- V
International Congress in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
- Invited chairman, section of the
philosophy of social sciences, biannual meeting of the Philosophy of Science
Association,
- Distinguished visitor, Center for Advanced
Study in theoretical psychology,
- Invited lecturer at the Department of
Philosophy,
- Invited participant
at the conference of applied
inductive logic in
- Conference "Scientific
Discovery",
- VI International Congress in Logic,
Methodology and
Philosophy of Science, Hanover, 1979
- The 2nd Finnish-Soviet symposium on logic,
-
Seminar "Realism and Its Implications",
-
Lecture at the Department of Philosophy,
-
Symposium "Action, Agency and the Will",
- Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
- The
Finnish-Polish-Soviet symposium on logic, Polanica Zdroj, 1981
- Symposium "Language and the
Brain",
- Lecture at the
Foundations and Philosophy of Science
Unit,
-
Conference on Analytical and Sociological Action Theory,
- 13th European Mathematical Psychology
Group Meeting,
- Meeting of the
American Philosophical Association,
Western Division, symposium chairman, 1983
- Lecture at the Department of Philosophy,
University of Western
- VII International Congress in Logic,
Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
- Chairman of the Section on the Philosophy
of Social Sciences at the 11th World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,
-
Invited lecturer at the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on
Human Action,
- Invited lectures at several universities
in
Univ. of
- Lecture at the 12th World Congress on
Legal and Social Philosophy in
- Invited
lecture at the meeting of the
American Philosophical
Association, Eastern Division,
- Lecture at the Department of Philosophy,
University of
- Meeting of the Society for Exact
Philosophy,
- Eleventh International Wittgenstein
Symposium,
- Three invited lectures at
- Invited lectures at the Universities of Madrid
and
-
Invited lecturer at the Thirteenth Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,
- Two invited lectures
at the London School of Economics
and Political Science,
- Invited to deliver the opening talk and to
act as the chairman
of the
section "Human Action" at the XVIII World
Congress of Philosophy,
- Invited participant and main speaker at
the symposium "Philosophie und Wissenschaften",
- Invited main speaker at the symposium
"Erklärung als Gespräch - Erklärung als
Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation",
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, July 3-4, 1989
- Participant of the Fourteenth Congress on
Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,
- Invited lecture at the Department of
Philosophy,
- Invited lecture at the Department of
Philosophy,
-
Lecture at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, The
London School of Economics and
Political Science, Nov. 28, 1990
- Lecture at the Department Philosophy,
- IX International Congress in Logic,
Methodology and
Philosophy of Science,
- Fifteenth Congress on Philosophy of Law
and Social Philosophy,
- Invited lecture at
the Department of Philosophy, Logic
and Scientific Method, The London
School of Economics and Political
Science, May 5, 1992
-
Invited paper at the international symposium "Consciousness" in
- Paper at the meeting of the Society for
Philosophy and Psychology,
- Lectures at the
-
Lectures at the
- Lectures at the
- Paper at the Ludwig Wittgenstein Congress
on the philosophy of
the cognitive sciences, Kirchberg, August 15-20, 1993
- Chairman of the section "Philosophy
of Action" at the XIX World Congress of Philosophy to be held in
-
Lectures at the Department of Philosophy,
- Lecture at
-
Lectures at the following German Universities:
- Lecture at the conference "Analyomen
2" of the German
Association of Analytical Philosophy,
- Invited chairman at the Conference on
"Moral Epistemology" held at
- Invited main speaker,
Workshop on Intentional Phenomena
in Context,
- Invited main speaker, ICCS95-Conference,
- Lecture at the IVR95 World Congress,
-
Invited lecture at the LMPS Congress,
- Invited main speaker at the semiotic
symposium on The Emergence of
Codes and Intentions as a
Basis of Sign Processes,
- Talks in 1995 at minor symposia at the
1996
- Talks in 1996 at research seminars at
- Lecture at the conference "Game
Theory, Experience,
Rationality" (June 12-15,
- Invited main speaker at the XVII German
Congress of Philosophy
(
-Talks in 1997 at the
- Symposium Chairman American Philosophical
Association, Pacific
Division, Berkeley, March, 1997
-
Invited speaker at the international Ludwig Wittgenstein conference in Kirchberg, August 1997
-
Invited speaker at the at the conference "Analyomen 3" of the German Association of Analytical Philosophy,
- Invited speaker at
the at the conference "Fact of
Fiction: Perspectives on the
Philosophy of Economics" held in
-
Invited speaker at the Cognitive Science Workshop at
-
Speaker at the conference “Social Ontology”, State University of New York at
-
Invited speaker at the conference "Cognitive Theory of Social
Action",
- Lecture at the Department of Philosophy,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Muenchen, June 1998
- Two invited lectures at the XX World
Congress of Philosophy,
- Lecture at the Department of Philosophy and
History of Science,
- Lecture at the Department of
Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Muenchen, June 1999
- Lecture at the workshop
“Collective Intentionality”, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Muenchen, June 1999
- Lecture at the conference on
“The Nature of Institutional and Social Reality”, Jyväskylä, June 1999
- Lecture at the conference
“Speech Acts, Mind, and Social Reality”, ZIF,
- Lecture at the workshop on “Collective
Intentionality”, Muenchen, June 1999
- Joint lecture with Wolfgang
Balzer on “Social Institutions, Norms, and Practices”, Agents 2000 conference,
- Paper “Reasons for Action”
presented at the International Wittgenstein Conference,
- Invited lecture at the
Department of Philosophy,
- Lecture at the workshop
“Collective Intentionality II”,
- Chairman and colloquium organizer at the
biannual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, December 2000
- Lecture at the Department of Logic,
Philosophy, and the Scientific Method of the
- Invited main speaker at the IMF conference
on the interaction between artificial agents held in
- Lecture at the Department of
Philosophy, University of
- Lecture at the Department of
Philosophy, University of
- Invited main speaker at the symposium on
Logic and Action,
-Two lectures at the Department of
Philosophy,
- Lectures at the Department of Philosophy,
-Invited paper and comments at the annual
ISA meeting in
-Lecture at the Action Theory Workshop held
at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences,
- Invited main speaker at
the colloquium on “Action, Attitudes, and Decision” held at the
- Lecture at the conference ”Collective Intentionality III” held
at
- Lecture at the Department of Philosophy,
- Lecture at the Department of Philosophy,
University of
- Lecture at the International Wittgenstein
Conference,
- Main speaker at the colloquim on social
action at the Dept. of
Philosophy,
- Invited speaker at the colloquium
“Rationality and Commitment”,
- Invited speaker at the colloquium on
“Holistic Epistemology and Action Theory”, Dept. of Philosophy,
- Lecture at the Dept. of Political
Science, University of
- Lecture at the Max Planck Institute,
- Invited Lecture at “Collective Intentionality
V” in
- Action theory conference at the Ethics
Centre of the
- Conference on Robert Audi’s philosophy,
Notre Dame University (USA), April 2005
- Opponent at the doctoral disputation of Frank Hindriks,
- Invited talk at EIPE,
- Invited talk at the Dept. of Philosophy,
- Invited talk at the Cognitive Science
congress “Cogsci05”, Stresa (
- Lecture at CPNSS,
- Lecture at CNR in
- Lecture at “Collective Intentionality V”,
- Invited lecture at the conference “Reasons in a
social space”,
- Invited lecture at the CNR,
- Invited lecture series of four lectures at the Dept.
of Philosophy of History of Science,
- Keynote speaker at NOW conference on Group Cognition
(title: “Collective Intentionality and Group Reasons”) in
- Talk entitled “Cultural Group Selection and
Cooperation” at the symposium on cooperation at the Department of Philosophy,
- Talk entitled “Collective Intentionality and
Cooperation: A Culture-Gene Based Evolutionary Argument” at the 13th
Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
- Official opponent of Cedric Paternotte’s doctoral
thesis at
- Invited speaker at Collective Intentionality VI, USC,
- Invited speaker at the workshop “We-Reasoning”,
- Invited speaker at the workshop “Collective
Epistemology”,
- Invited speaker at the ESSLI´09 workshop,
- Keynote speaker at the inaugural conference of the
European Network of Social Ontology, Constance, October 2009
- Invited speaker at the workshop European Science
Foundation workshop on explanation in the social sciences,
- Keynote speaker at the conference “Integration of
Cultures”,
- Keynote speaker at the conference “Collective
Intentionality VII”,
Scholarly Publications
1966:
- Teot ja käyttäytymisen selittäminen. Psykologia n:o 2, 132
- 135
- Vielä käyttäytymisen selittämisestä. Psykologia n:o 3, 186
- 187
- Teoretiska problem vid
tillämpning av matematiska inlärningsmodeller. Nordisk Psykologi, n:o 1, 103 - 104
(abstract)
- On the application of mathematical learning
theories I. Scand. J. Psychol., 7,
n:o 4, 251 - 256
- On the application of mathematical
learning theories II. Scand. J. Psychol., 7, n:o 4, 257 - 264
-
Inductive generalization in an ordered universe. Teoksessa J. Hintikka and P. Suppes (eds.), Aspects of Inductive Logic.
North-Holland,
1967:
- An analysis of the application process of
a social psychological theory.
Abstracts of Papers of the 3rd International
Con gress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,
1968:
- Probability Matching in Simple Learning. Reports from the
- A Formalization of a Theory of Social
Contacts and an
Analysis of Its Application Process. Reports from the
- An Information
Theoretic Approach to the
Evaluation of Behavioral Theories (jointly with Juhani
Pietarinen). Reports from the
- On
empirical models of scientific theories. Ajatus
XXX, 169 - 194.
- Identifiability and definability
of theoretical concepts. Ajatus
XXX, 195 - 220.
- The Application Process of a Scientific
Theory: with Special Reference to Some Behavioral Theories. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Ser. B. Tom. 154: 3 (synopsis
of doctoral dissertation)
1969:
- Ymmärtävästä selittämisestä
käyttäytymistieteissä. Psykologia, n:o 2, 122 - 127
- On eliminability and
definability of auxiliary concepts
in first-order theories (abstract).
Journal of Symbolic Logic,
XXXIV, 543.
- On measures of the
explanatory power of scientific theories (jointly with Juhani
Pietarinen). In: Akten des XIV
Kongresses für Philosophie III. Verlag Herder, Wien, 241 - 247.
- Auxiliary Concepts Within First-Order Scientific
Theories. Doctoral dissertation. Stanford
University (USA), 150 pp.- On construct validity of
tests. Ajatus XXXI, 48 - 66
1970:
- Towards a general theory of auxiliary
concepts and definability in
first-order theories (jointly with Jaakko Hintikka). In: J.
Hintikka and P. Suppes (eds.), Information
and Inference. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 298 -
330.
- Meaning and behavior. Ajatus XXXII, 67 - 95.
- Teoreettiset käsitteet ja psykolingvistiikka. Psykologia, n:o 5-6, 168 - 178.
1971:
- The Role of Theoretical Concepts in Neobehavioristic Theories.
Reports from the Institute of Philosophy,
University of
1972:
- Deductive explanation of scientific laws. Journal of Philosophical Logic 1, 369 - 392.
-
Model theory and empirical interpretation of scientific theories. Synthese 25, 165 - 175.
1973:
- Theoretical
Concepts. Library of Exact Philosophy 10, Springer-Verlag, Wien and
- Theoretical Concepts and Hypothetico-Inductive Inference (together with
Ilkka Niiniluoto). Synthese Library, D.
Reidel Publishing Company,
- Theoretical concepts in neobehavioristic
theories. In: M. Bunge (ed.),
The Unity of Scientific Method. D. Reidel Publishing
Company,
- A psycholinguistic paradox and its
solution. Ajatus XXXV, 124 - 139.
1974:
- Survey of some investigations on
Ramsey-eliminability, Journal of Symbolic Logic 39, 617 - 619.
- Empiricist vs. realist semantics and model
theory. Synthese 26, 407 - 408.
- Causality, ontology and deductive
explanation. Reports from the Institute
of Philosophy, University of
- Human Action and Its Explanation. Reports from the Institute of Philosophy,
University of
1975:
-Yhteiskuntatieteiden eksakti
metodologia (editor).
Gaudeamus, Helsinki.
- Teoreettiset käsitteet käyttäytymisteorioissa.
In: R. Tuomela
(ed.), Yhteiskuntatieteiden
eksakti metodologia. Gaudeamus,
- A causal theory of complex actions. Reports from the Institute of Philosophy,
University of
1976:
- Explanation and understanding of human
behavior. In: J.
Manninen and R. Tuomela (eds.), Essays on Explanation and
Understanding. Synthese Library, D. Reidel Publishing Company, 183 -
205.
- Essays on Explanation and Understanding
(editor together with
Juha Manninen). Synthese Library, D. Reidel
Publishing Company,
440 pp.
- Yhteiskuntatieteiden filosofiset perusteet I - II (editor together with Ilkka Patoluoto). Gaudeamus, Helsinki, I: 483 pp., II: 298 pp.
- Teoreettiset käsitteet ja
havaintokäsitteet. In: R. Tuomela and I. Patoluoto (eds.), Yhteiskuntatieteiden filosofiset
perusteet I, Gaudeamus, Helsinki, 204 - 213.
- Causes and deductive explanation. In: R.S.
-
Confirmation, explanation and the paradoxes of
transitivity. In: R.J. Bogdan (ed.), Local Induction. Synthese Library, D. Reidel Publishing Co.,
- Morgan on deductive explanation: a
rejoinder. Journal of Philosophical Logic
5, 527 - 543.
- Causality, ontology, and subsumptive
explanation. In: M.
Przelecki et. al. (eds.), Formal Methods in the Methodology of Empirical Sciences. Ossolineum, Warsaw, 268 - 286.
- Humanististen tieteiden ja
yhteiskuntatieteiden metodologinen
asema. Psykologia, n:o 2, 37 - 41.
- Purposive causation of action. In: D.
Föllesdal et. al. (eds.), Kausalitet. Institutt for filosofi, Universitetet i
-
Psychological concepts and functionalism. In: Essays
on Wittgenstein in Honour of G.H. von Wright.
Acta Philosophica Fennica 28, North-Holland,
1977:
- Causality and action.
In: J. Hintikka and R. Butts (eds.), Foundational Problems in the
Special Sciences, Part Two of the Proceedings of the Invited Papers
presented at the V International Congress in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy
of Science, held in
- Dispositions, realism and explanation. Synthese 34, 457 - 478.
- Dispositions (editor). Synthese Library,
D. Reidel Publishing
Co.,
- Human
Action and Its Explanation: A Study on the Philosophical Foundations of
Psychology. Synthese Library, D. Reidel Publishing Co.,
1978:
- Scientific realism
and perception. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 29, 87 - 104.
- Theory-distance and verisimilitude. Synthese 38, 213 - 246.
- Tieteenfilosofian uudet haasteet.
Sosiologia, n:o 3, 157 - 159.
- On the structuralist
approach to the dynamics of
theories. Synthese 39, 211 - 231.
- Purposiivinen kausaliteetti ja
empiirisen testattavuuden vaatimus. Psykologia,
n:o 6, 63 - 65.
1979:
- Explanation of Action. Reports from the Department of Philosophy, 18
pp.
- Theories of human action. Acta Psychologica Fennica VI, 3 - 14.
- The
Logic and Epistemology of Scientific Change (editor together with Ilkka
Niiniluoto). Acta Philosophica Fennica 30,
n:os 2 - 4, North-Holland,
-
Scientific change and approximation. In: I. Niiniluoto and R. Tuomela
(eds.), The Logic and Epistemology of
Scientific Change, Acta Philosophica Fennica 30, n:os 2 -
4, North-Holland,
- The Structure of Social Action. Reports from the Department of Philosophy,
- Putnam's realisms. Theoria XLV, Part 3, 114 - 126.
1980:
- Are analogy accounts of thinking circular?
Ajatus XXXVIII, 124 - 147.
- Explaining explaining. Erkenntnis 15, 211 - 243.
- Analogy and Distance. Zeitschrift fuer Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie XI, n:o 2, 276 - 291.
- Metaphysical versus Internal Realism. Reports from the Department of Philosophy,
University of
1981:
- Inductive explanation. Synthese 48, 257 - 294.
- Yhteiskuntatieteet,
lait ja arvot. Sosiologia, n:o 3, 238 -
239.
- Individualism and concept formation in the
social sciences. In: Agassi, J. and Cohen, R. (eds.), Scientific Philosophy Today, D. Reidel Publishing Co.,
1982:
- Joint Social Action. Reports from the Department of Philosophy, University of
- Comments on Myles
Brand's paper "Cognition and
intention". Erkenntnis 18,
189 - 194.
- Action generation. In: Ilkka Niiniluoto and
Esa Saarinen (eds.), Intensional
Logic, Acta Philosophica Fennica 35, 282 -
301.
- Explanation of
action. In: Flöistad, G. (ed.), Contemporary
Philosophy, 3, 15 - 43.
- Tieteellinen realismi - tieteen
oma filosofia?. Tiede ja edistys, n:o 2, 103 - 111.-
Metafyysinen vaiko sisäinen realismi? Tiede
ja edistys, n:o 4,
309.
1983:
- Eino Kailan terminaalikausaliteetin käsite. Ajatus 40, 256 - 280 (together with Marja Leena Toukonen).
- Tiede, toiminta ja todellisuus, Gaudeamus, Jyväskylä, 141 pp.
1984:
- A Theory of Social Action. D. Reidel
Publishing Company,
- Social Action-Functions. Phil. Soc. Sci. 14, 133 - 147.
- Ihmismielestä riippumattomista olioista. In: Leila Haaparanta
(ed.), Olio, Reports from the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki,
n:o 1, 176 - 182
- Kvanttimekaniikka, Bellin
epäyhtälöt ja tieteellinen realismi. Arkhimedes
36, 19 - 41 (jointly with
Eero Byckling).
- Social Action, Systems Theory and Scientific
Progress, in Neumaier, O. (ed.), Mind,
Language and Society, Wien, pp. 188
- 204
1985:
- The components of social control. Quality and Quantity 19, 1 - 51
- Truth and best explanation. Erkenntnis 22, 271 - 299.
- Science, Action, and Reality. D. Reidel Publishing Company,
- Social action. In: G.
Seebass and R. Tuomela
(eds.), Social Action, D.
Reidel Publishing Company,
- Reply to Seebass and
Miller. In: G. Seebass
and R. Tuomela (eds.), Social Action, D. Reidel Publishing
Company,
- Social
Action. D. Reidel Publishing Company,
- We-intentions and social action. Analyse und Kritik 7, 26 - 43 (jointly with
Kaarlo Miller)
- Scienza, protoscienza e pseudoscienza. In:
M. Pera and J. Pitt (eds.), I
- Tieteellisestä
maailmankäsityksestä. Ajatus 42, 2 -
21.
1986:
- Tieteellisen maailmankäsityksen
luonteesta, Yearbook 1985-86 of the Finnish Academy of the Sciences, 99-105
- Replies
to the critics of A Theory of Social Action, Analyse
und Kritik 8, 229-241
1987:
-
Science, protoscience, and pseudoscience. In J.C Pitt and
M. Pera (eds.), Rational Changes
in Science, Reidel,
- Scientific realism and best explanation.
In P. Weingartner and
G. Schurz (eds.), Logic, Philosophy of
Science, and Epistemology, Proceedings
of the 11th International
Wittgenstein Symposium (
- Mitä on olemassa?,
Ajatus 44, 70-81
1988:
- We-intentions (jointly with
Kaarlo Miller), Philosophical
Studies 53, 367-389
- Free-riding and the prisoner's dilemma, The Journal of Philosophy LXXXV, 421-427
-
Eine pragmatisch-nomologische
Theorie des wissenschaflichen Erklärens und Verstehens, pp., in Schurz, G.(ed.), Erklaren
und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft, Oldenbourg, Munich, 125-170
- The myth of the given and realism, Erkenntnis 29, 181-200
- Legal norms and social practical
reasoning, in S.
Panou & al. (eds.), Contemporary
Conceptions of Social Philosophy (Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of Philosophy of
Law and Social Philosophy, Part 4),
Steiner,
1989:
- Methodological solipsism and explanation
in psychology, Philosophy of Science 56,
23-47
- Ruben and the metaphysics of the social
world, British Journal of Philosophy of Science 40, 261-273
-
Collective action, supervenience, and constitution, Synthese
80, 243-266
- Actions by collectives, Philosophical Perspectives 3
(Philosophy of Mind and Action Theory), 471-496
- Collective Action,
Free-Riders, and Interpersonal
Control, Reports from the
Department of Philosophy,
- On radical conceptual revolutions in
social science, in Kangas, U. (ed.), Enlightenment,
Rights, Revolution, Publications of
the Department of Jurisprudence and Comparative Law, n:o 8, 1989, pp.
71-88
- What does doing one's part of a joint
action involve?, Analyse und Kritik 11, 197-207
- Toiminnan teorian sosiaalinen
dimensio, Ajatus 46, 60-75
1990:
- What are goals and joint goals?, Theory and Decision
28, 1-20
- Are
reason-explanations explanations by means of
structuring causes?, Philosophy
and Phenomenological Research 50, 813-818
-
Methodological individualism and explanation, Philosophy of
Science 57, N:o 1, 133-140
-
Causal internal realism, in Pasternack, G. (ed.), Philosophie und Wissenschaften, Peter Lang-Verlag,
- On Searle's argument against the
possibility of social laws, in E. Lepore and R. Van Gulick (eds.), John Searle and His Critics, Blackwell, Oxford, 303-309
-
Review of Margaret Gilbert: On
Social Facts, Philosophia 20, 331-338-
- Can collectives have beliefs?, in Haaparanta, L.,
Kusch, M., and Niiniluoto,
1991:
- Kausaler interner Realismus, Dialektik 1991/1, 86-111
- We will do it: An analysis of
group-intentions, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LI, 249-277
- Intentional single and joint action, Philosophical Studies 62, 235-262
- The social dimension of action theory, Daimon. Revista de Filosofia 3, 165-178
- On
radical conceptual revolutions in social science, Journal
for General Philosophy of Science 22, 303-320
-
Supervenience, collective action, and Kelsen's organ
theory, Archive für Rechts- und
Sozialphilosophie 40, 35-40
-
Mutual beliefs and social characteristics, in Schurz, G.
and Dorn, G. (eds.), 1991, Advances in Scientific Philosophy, Rodopi,
1992:
- On the structural aspects of collective
action and free-riding, Theory and
Decision 32, 165-202
-
We-intentions, free-riding and being in reserve (jointly with Kaarlo Miller), Erkenntnis 36, 25-52
-
Social norms, tasks, and roles (jointly with
Maj Bonnevier-Tuomela), Reports
from the Department of Philosophy,
- Group beliefs, Synthese 91, 285-318
- Kaila's notion of terminal causality
(jointly with Marja
Leena Toukonen), in Niiniluoto,
- Review of D. Walton: Practical Reasoning, Goal-Driven, Action-Guiding Argumentation, Theoria LVIII, pp. 92-96
1993:
- What is cooperation?,
Erkenntnis 38, 87-101
- What are joint intentions?, in Casati, R.
and White, G. (eds.), Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences, Austrian
Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Kirchberg,
pp. 543-547
-
Corporate intention and corporate action, Analyse
und Kritik 15, 11-21
-
Corporate action: A reply to Coleman, Analyse und
Kritik 15, 216-218
1994:
- Action as seeing to it that something is
the case, jointly with Gabriel Sandu, in Paul Humphries (ed.), Patrick Suppes: Scientific Philosopher,
Vol. 3, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 193-221
- The fate of folk psychology, in Revonsuo,
A. and Kamppinen, M.
(eds.), Consciousness in Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates,
- In search for the
common mind: a critical notice of
Philip Pettit's The Common Mind,
International Journal of Philosophical Studies 2, 306-321
1995:
- Onko maailma pelkkää ainetta?
(jointly with Ari Peuhu), Niin & Näin, N:o 2, 52-59
- Norms and Agreement (jointly with M.
Bonnevier-Tuomela), European Journal of Law, Philosophy and Computer Science 5,
41-46 (revised version with the
same title in Attwooll, E. and Comanducci,
P. (eds.), 1998, Sources of Law and
Legislation, Vol. III, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 87-93)
- Kollektiivisen
toiminnan ongelmat ja Suomen valtiontalouden epätasapaino (jointly with Jouni Airo), Kanava 7/1995,
pp. 402-406
- The
Importance of Us: A Philosophical Study of Basic
Social Notions, Stanford Series in
Philosophy, Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 470 pp.
-
Joint Action and Group Action Made Precise (jointly with
Gabriel Sandu), Synthese 105,
319-345
1996:
- Tieteellinen realismi ja
sosiaalinen todellisuus, in Kieseppä, I., Pihlström, S., and Raatikainen, P. (eds.), Tieto, totuus ja todellisuus. Gaudeamus,
- Philosophy and distributed artificial
intelligence: The case of joint intention and joint action, in Jennings, N. and
O'Hare, G. (eds.), Foundations of
Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Wiley, New York, pp.
487-503
- Intenciones conjuntas y acuerdo, in W.
Gonzales (ed.), Accion e historia: El objeto de la
historia y la teoria de la
accion, Universidade da Coruna, Servicio de Publicacions, pp. 279-293
- Que
ed cooperation?, in W. Gonzales (ed.), Accion e historia: El
objeto de la historia y la teoria de la accion, Universidade da Coruna, Servicio de
Publicacions, pp. 295-307
- Creencias de grupo, in W. Gonzales (ed.),
Accion e historia: El objeto
de la historia y la teoria de la accion, Universidade da Coruna, Servicio de Publicacions, pp.
309-334
- Rational cooperation and collective goals,
Protosociology 8-9, 260-291
1997
- Searle on Social Institutions, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LVII,
435-441
- The
structure and verification of plan-based joint intentions (jointly with Wolfgang
Balzer), International Journal of Cooperative
Information Systems 6, 3-26
- Review of David Braybrooke (ed.): Social Rules: Origin; Character; Logic; Change, Westview Press,
- Review of Frederick F. Schmitt (ed.): Socializing Epistemology: The Social
Dimensions of Knowledge, Rowman
and Littlefield,
- From Social Imitation to Teamwork (jointly
with Maj Bonnevier-Tuomela), in
Holmström-Hintikka, G, and Tuomela,
R. (eds.), Contemporary
Action Theory,
vol. II: Social Action),
Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 1-47
- A
Fixed Point Approach to Collective Attitudes
(jointly with Wolfgang Balzer),
in Holmström-Hintikka, G, and
Tuomela, R. (eds.), Contemporary Action Theory, vol. II: Social Action),
Kluwer Academic Publishers), pp. 115-142
-
Gemeinsame Absichten, in Meggle, G. (ed.), Analyomen
2 (Perspektiven
der Analytischen Philosophie),
Vol. III, Walter
- Kommunikative Handlungen
und Kooperative Ziele, Analyse
und Kritik 19 (2/97), 153-172
1998
-
Collective goals and cooperation, in Arrazola, X., Korta, K., and Pelletier, F. (eds.) Discourse, Interaction, and
Communication, Kluwer Publishing Company,
- A defense of mental causation, Philosophical Studies 90, 1-34
- Sosiaalisen
toiminnan filosofia ja
kollektiivisen toiminnan ongelmat
(jointly with Pekka Mäkelä), in Kotkavirta,
J. and Laitinen, A., 1998, Yhteisö: Filosofian näkökulmia
yhteisöllisyyteen, SoPhi, Jyväskylä, pp. 199-215
- Social
action, in Craig, E. (ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, vol. 8, Routledge, London
and New York, pp. 822-824
- Mutual Belief, in Mäkelä, P. et al. (1998), Filosofisia iskuja, Filosofisia tutkimuksia Tampereen yliopistosta,
vol. 65, pp. 320-328
- Collective Acceptance and Collective Social Notions (jointly with Wolfgang Balzer), Synthese 117, 175-205
1999
- Eine Theorie des
Gemeinschaftlichen (jointly with
Wolfgang Balzer), Facta
Philosophica 1, 55-76
- Yhteistahto (jointly with Kaarlo Miller), in
Niiniluoto, I. and Sintonen, M. (eds.), Tahto, Filosofisia tutkimuksia Tampereen Yliopistosta
61, Tampere, pp. 116-126
-
Private versus collective attitudes, in
Nida-Ruemelin, J. (ed.) Analyomen
3, (Perspektiven der Analytischen Philosophie), Walter de Gruyter, Berlin
and New York, pp. 317-321
2000
- Cooperation:
A Philosophical Study, Philosophical Studies Series, Kluwer Academic
Publishers,
- Belief versus Acceptance, Philosophical Explorations 2, 122-137
- Reasons for Action, in Brogaard, B. (ed.),
Rationality and Irrationality
(Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society 8), Kirchberg.
Austrian L. Wittgenstein Society, pp. 193-198
- Collective and Joint Intention, Mind and Society 1, n:o 2, 39-69 (a
Spanish translation appeared in Pascual F. Martinez-Freire (ed.), Filosofia Actual de la Mente, Contrastes,
Suplemento 6, pp. 105-150
2001
- Group Action and Group Responsibility’
(jointly with P. Mäkelä), Protosociology
XVI, 195-214
- Collective Acceptance and Social Reality,
in Lagerspetz, E. et al. (eds.), On the
Nature of Institutional and Social
Reality, SoPhi, Jyväskylä, pp.
102-135 (an abbreviated version appeared in Rasmussen, D.,ed., The Proceedings of the Twentieth World
Congress of Philosophy, vol 11, pp. 161-171)
- What are Collective Goals (together with
Kaarlo Miller), in Kiikeri, M. and Ylikoski, P. (eds.), Explanatory Connections,
http:// www.valt.helsinki.fi/kfil/matti/
- Collective Intentionality and Social
Agents, in Kiikeri, M. and Ylikoski, P. (eds.), Explanatory Connections, http://
www.valt.helsinki.fi/kfil/matti/
- Shared Belief, Chapter 14 in the International Elsevier Encyclopedia of the
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier Publishing Company,
2002
- Review of John Searle, 2001, Rationality
in Action (The MIT Press), in Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews,
http://ndpr.icaap.org/content/2002/1/tuomela-searle.html
- Collective Goals and Communicative Action,
Journal of Philosophical Research 27,
29-64
- Group Action and Group Responsibility (jointly with
P. Mäkelä), Protosociology XVI,
195-214
- Review of Keith Graham, 2002, Practical Reasoning in a Social World, (Cambridge UP), http://ndpr.icaap.org/content/2002/9/tuomela-graham.html
- Joint Intention and Commitment, in Meggle, G.. (ed.), Social
Facts & Collective Intentionality, in German Library of Sciences,
Philosophical Research, vol. 1, Dr. Hänsel-Hohenhausen AG, Frankfurt, pp.
385-418
- Reply to Critics, in Meggle, G..
(ed.), Social Facts & Collective
Intentionality, in German Library of Sciences, Philosophical Research, vol.
1, Dr. Hänsel-Hohenhausen AG, Frankfurt, pp. 419-436
- The
Philosophy of Social Practices: A Collective Acceptance View,
- Searle, Collective Intentionality and
Social Institutions, in Grewendorf, G and Meggle, G. (eds.), Speech Acts, Mind, and Social Reality, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht,
293-307
-
Collective Acceptance and Collective Attitudes (jointly with Wolfgang Balzer), in U. Mäki (ed.), Fact and Fiction in Economics, Cambridge
University Press, pp. 269-284
2003
- The We-mode and the I-mode, in F. Schmitt
(ed.), Socializing Metaphysics: The
Nature of Social Reality, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Md, pp. 93-127
- Collective Intentions and the Maintenance
of Social Practices (jointly with Wolfgang Balzer), Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 6, 7-33
- Collective Acceptance, Social
Institutions, and Social Reality, American
Journal of Sociology and Economics 62, Special Invited Issue, 123-166
- Review of Juarrero, A., Dynamics in Action, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LXVI, 494-497
- Review of Miller, S., Social Action: A Teleological Account, Australasian Journal of Philosophy 81, 300-301
- Social Practices and
Collective Attitudes (jointly with Wolfgang Balzer), Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 6, 7-33
- Social Institutions, Norms, and Practices
(jointly with Wolfgang Balzer), in Conte, R. and Dellarocas, C. (eds.), Social Order
in Multiagent Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht and Norwell,
Mass., pp. 161-179
- Acting As
a Group Member and
Collective Commitment (jointly with Maj Tuomela), Protosociology18, 7-65
- Cooperation and We-Mode Preferences in
Multi-Agent Systems (jointly with Raul Hakli), in Dittrich, P. and Kim, J.
(eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on
Social Life at ECAL 2003, Dortmund, September 14-17, 2003, printed by the
University of Dortmund
- Group Knowledge, in Löffler, W. and
Weingartner, P. (eds.) Knowledge and
Belief, Papers of the 26th International Wittgenstein Symposium,
Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, pp. 345-347
-
Protosociology vol 18 (coeditor
jointly with Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter),
www.protosociology.de
- Collective Acceptance, Social Institutions, and Group
Beliefs, in Buschlinger, W. and Lütge, C. (eds.), Kaltbluetig, Philosophie von einem rationalen Standpunkt, Hirzel
Verlag,
2004
- Group Knowledge Analyzed, Episteme 1, N:o
2, 109-127
2005
- Two Basic Kinds of Cooperation,
in Vanderveken, D., Logic, Thought, and Action, Springer,
- We-Intentions Revisited, Philosophical
Studies 125, 327-369
- Adenzato, M., Becchio, C., Bertone, C., and Tuomela,
R. 2005. “Neural Correlates Underlying Action-intention and
Aim-intention”, Cognitive Science Society
Conference, Cogsci2005,
- Cooperation
and Trust in Group Context, joint paper with M. Tuomela, Mind and Society 4, 49-84
2006
- Joint Intention, the We-mode and the I-mode, Midwest Studies in Philosophy XXX, 35-58
- Reasons for Action, in Aho,
T. and Pietarinen, A.-V. (eds.), Truth
and Games: Essays in Honor of Gabriel
Sandu, Acta Philosophica Fennica,
- Joint Action, in Psarros,
N., Schulte-Ostermann and Stekeler-Weithofer, P., Facets of Sociality, Ontos Verlag, pp. 169-208
- The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of
View,
2007
- Motivational Reasons for Action, in M. Timmons, J. Greco, and A. Mele, eds., Rationality and the Good: Themes from the
Epistemology and Ethics of Robert Audi.
- Cooperation and the We-perspective, in Peter, F. and
Schmid, H. B. (eds.), Rationality and
Commitment, Oxford University Press, pp. 227-257
2008
- Collective Intentionality
and Group Reasons, in Schmid, H. B.,
Schulte–Ostermann, K., and Psarros, N., Concepts
of Sharedness, Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt, pp. 3-20
- On the Ontological Nature of
Social Groups, in Pihlström, S., Raatikainen, P., and Sintonen, M. (eds.), Approaching Truth, College Publications,
- Chapter 15: Raimo Tuomela,
in Rios, D. and Schmidt-Petri, C., Philosophy
of the Social Sciences: Five Questions, Automatic Press, pp.
143-150
- Le mode-nous et le mode-je, in Vanderveken, D. and Fisette, Denis (eds.), Actions, Rationalité, College Publications, London, pp. 97-137
2009
- Group Thinking and
Sociality, in Fehige, C., Lumer, C. and Wessels, U. (eds.), Handeln mit Bedeutung und Handeln mit
Gewalt,
- Collective Acceptance,
Social Institutions, and Social Reality, in Preyer, G. (ed.), Neuer Mensch und kollektive Identität in der
Kommunikationsgesellschaft, VS Verlag, pp. 272-306
- Collective Intentions and
Game Theory, Journal of Philosophy CVI,
292-300
- Ragioni di Gruppo e
Intenzionalita` Collectiva, in Luigi Ruggiu and Italo Tesla (eds.), Lo Spazio
Sociale della Ragione: Da Hegel in Avanti, Mimesis pp. 405-422
2010
- Two Kinds of We-Reasoning
(jointly with Raul Hakli and Kaarlo Miller), Economics and Philosophy 26, 291-320
Manuscripts
accepted for publication:
- An Account of Group
Knowledge, forthcoming in the Proceedings of the colloquium on Collective Epistemology,
- Individualism and
Collectivism in Social Science, forthcoming in the Festschrift for Prof. Gerhard Preyer
EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS OF TUOMELA'S BOOKS
(1) Theoretical
Concepts. Library of Exact Philosophy 10, Springer-Verlag,
Wien and
-
(The book) "is and important defense of critical scientific realism". "It must be
stressed that all of these criticisms in no way undercut the importance of
Tuomela's work. It is sophisticated, technically elegant, and, in a good sense, elementary
(if complex); and it does not evade philosophical problems by sticking
to pure formal concerns. Nearly all philosophers who
use formalized representations of
theoretical systems, and many who don't,
would profit from a close reading of this book." (Philosophy of Science, 1976, pp. 452-456, Richard M. Burian)
-
"To this
problem (the problem of elucidating the
many roles actually played by
theoretical terms in science) Professor Tuomela's book makes a valuable contribution." (Studia Logica, 1976, P.M. Williams)
-
(Anyone) "who is concerned with various kinds and degrees
of definability in first-order languages, the importance of theoretical terms
for deductive relationships, and
the like, should begin
with Tuomela's Theoretical
Concepts." (The
Journal of Philosophy, 1975, 491-498, Henry E. Kyburg,
Jr.)
(2) Theoretical Concepts and Hypothetico-Inductive Inference (together with
Ilkka Niiniluoto). Synthese Library, D.
Reidel Publishing Company,
-
"Anyone who wishes to base a study of induction, explanation, corroboration, information, etc.
on the assumption that they are related to or definable by means of (partly
empirical) probabilistic measures on
first-order (monadic) languages, should
begin with this book ..." (The Journal of Philosophy, 1975,
491-498, Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.)
(3) Human
Action and Its Explanation: A Study on the Philosophical Foundations of
Psychology. Synthese Library, D. Reidel Publishing Co.,
-"Human
Action and Its Explanation is comprehensive and
well-informed. To my mind its
outstanding feature is that
it almost always demonstrates
excellent philosophical commonsense; I cannot find an instance of silliness. I highly recommend this book to readers
with a serious interest in action theory. I also recommend it to
readers who want to learn the state of
the art in action theory from the metaphysical and
scientific perspective." (The Philosophical Review, 1979, 464-467,
Myles Brand)
-
"An admirable feature of some recent philosophy of action
is its attempt to construct an account of fully
intentional human performances which is
causal, in that antecedent cognitive conditions
are claimed to produce and
sustain intentional results. This attempt is combined in the best
theories with the claim that antecedent cognitive and conative conditions
contain a structure or content
which is replicated in the intended result and
explains the intentionality of
successful performances - in contrast to the unintended other consequences
of action. Impressively, Tuomela's work has these features." "In
summary, the virtues
of Tuomela's book are considerable. He
has attempted to ground the
theory of action in his functionalist (Sellarsian) view
of the mental. He has attempted
to avoid both the anti-causal
view and the agent-causal
view of intentional action. And he
adapts this account to the
presupposition of universal determinism
and of nondeterminism. As well, he relates his view to all the relevant,
recent theories." (Noûs, 1984,
112-120, D. Gustafson)
-"... Tuomela lays the groundwork for a
conception of
scientific psychology
a a discipline which, at least in
explaining human action, develops theories out of the
common-sense intentionalistic framework,
nomically conceived."Human Action
and Its Explanation provides a carefully worked out, significantly
original, and rigorously formalized theory of action." ..."overall
Tuomela has given us a clear and
well-argued presentation of an elaborate and important theory". (Synthese, 1980, 285-306, Robert Audi)
- "In seinem über 400 Seiten starken
Buch hat Raimo Tuomela, der zur Zeit
warscheinlich wichtigste Vertreter einer kausalistischen Handlungstheorie, seine
Überlegungen zur Natur
menschlicher Handlungen und zur
Struktur intentionaler Handlungserklärungen,
die zum Teil zuvor schon an anderen Orten worden waren, zu einer umfassenden systematischen Theorie zusammengefasst. "Tuomela's Buch ist nach Goldmans A Theory of Human Action sicher das bedeutendste Buch im
Bereich der kausalistischen Handlungstheorie". (Erkenntnis, 1981, 195-209, A. Beckermann)
(4) A Theory of Social Action. D. Reidel Publishing Company,
-
"This is a good book - rich, subtle, sophisticated, penetrating, original,
and wide-ranging." (The Philosophical Review, 1986, 455-459, Michael
Zimmerman)
- "In 'A Theory of Social Action' Tuomela has presented the first
elaborated attempt at specifying the
foundations of social science in a way explicit and precise enough to meet
the standards of contemporary
philosophy of science." "I am
convinced that Tuomela's approach
to social action is correct
in essence." (Seebass, G,
1985, 'Analytical Action Theory
as a Conceptual Basis of Social Science', in Seebass, G. and Tuomela, R., eds, Social Action. D. Reidel Publishing Company,
(5) Science, Action, and Reality. D. Reidel Publishing Company,
-"Tuomela's surgery is skillful."
"The strength of the book lies in its semi-formal explications
of the central notions of causal internal
realism, and in its critical observations on the existing
literature that support the
defensible features of causal internal realism. "Growth of
scientific knowledge is provided an interesting formal explication ...". (The Philosophical Review, 1987, 585-587, Robert Ackermann)
(6) The Importance of Us: A Philosophical Study of Basic Social Notions, Stanford
Series in Philosophy,
- "The book is probably the most
comprehensive and thorough study of social action in the philosophical
literature; and it is set forth with
clarity, rigor, and attention to
a huge
range of literature, both in and outside philosophy. The author is well known
for careful argumentation
...". "I think its content
is both highly plausible and, in
general, a wide-ranging original contribution to the
literature on the general
topic." (Quoted from a
referee's report for Stanford University Press)
(7) The Importance of Us: A Philosophical Study of Basic Social Notions, Stanford
Series in Philosophy,
"[Tuomela] presents
a detailed analysis of such
core social notions as mutual
beliefs, social norms, joint action, and
group goals, beliefs, and actions, all growing out of what he
calls 'we-intentions' and 'we-attitudes'. He provides a
theory of social action that
elucidates what is entailed by the commonplace that human
beings are social beings. ... Tuomela's style and rigorous
approach is anything but breezy. While clear and
even elegant, it is as difficult as it is important. Highly recommended for serious
scholars and graduate students in philosophy
and social psychology." (Choice,
September, 1996, H. Oberdiek)
(8) Cooperation:
A Philosophical Study, Philosophical Studies Series 82, Kluwer Academic
Publishers
"This book is written from the vantage
point of a well-developed
theory of social action. Cooperation - as distinct from a series of simultaneous fortuitously
harmonious individual actions - is a basic kind of social action. Tuomela
offers the most detailed and most authoritative account of the nature and
varieties of cooperation
I have seen. ...This will likely be
the philosophical treatment of cooperation when
it appears and for years to come."
(Anonymous referee's report on book ms)
(9) The Philosophy of Social Practices: A Collective Acceptance View,
"This book is outstanding for the
precision and clarity it brings to its central notions, for the
comprehensiveness of the philosophical theory it develops as a framework for
understanding the subject matter of the social sciences, and for the
instructive connections it makes to major topics and figures in philosophy and
the social sciences." (Referee's report on book ms)
(10) The Philosophy of Social Practices: A Collective Acceptance View,
“… The Philosophy
of the Social Practices is an impressive work. It provides an interesting way of avoiding
certain circularity problems that plague attempts to understand social
phenomena in terms of the meaningful behavior of individuals and it provides a
more psychologically plausible account of the mechanisms by which the social
world is constructed. Tuomela has, once
again, written a book that is a rich resource for philosophers and social
scientists thinking about the social world.” (Theoria, Deborah Tollefsen)
“The Philosophy of Social Practices makes a significant
contribution to the field of collective intentionality and social action by
providing an analysis of social practices which is detailed, logical and comprehensive.”
Philosophical Writings
“Raimo Tuomela’s book gives an
extremely detailed, systematic and clarifying analysis of the central building
blocks of the social world. The book really does seem to fill a void …
Tuomela fills his book with illuminating details, examples and novel
distinctions.” Nordic Journal of Philosophy
(11) The Philosophy of Social Practices: A Collective Acceptance View,
“All in all, The
Philosophy of Social Practices is a detailed and sophisticated treatment of
some of our most central social action concepts, and is a useful addition to
the philosophical literature.” (Notre
Dame Philosophical Reviews, S. Miller, June 2003)
(12) Evaluations of The Philosophy of Sociality: The Shared Point of View,
“Raimo Tuomela is an internationally distinguished
philosopher of social action, and in this book he provides a comprehensive,
rigorous, original account of collective intentionality. The book presents a
theory of shared intentions and the group actions and social institutions they
make possible; it clarifies concepts essential in ethics and political
philosophy—intention, cooperation, shared responsibility, the nature of
institutions, and many others—and it is informed throughout by his extensive
work in action theory and the philosophy of social science. The book is
essential reading for theorists of social action, and it will also be a
resource for philosophers, political theorists, and social scientists.” (Prof.
Robert Audi,
“Raimo Tuomela is a pioneer in the important new field
of the philosophy of social action. This, his latest offering, is essential
reading for theorists of social action.” (Prof. Seumas Miller,
“Raimo Tuomela is one of the pioneers in social
ontology, and he continues to push the field forward in highly important and
original ways. The Philosophy of
Sociality builds on his previous work but contains also a wealth of new
perspectives and theories, especially on the irreducibility of the group
perspective, the evolution of institutions, and group responsibility. No other
book in social ontology is equally broad or deep. Tuomela’s The Philosophy of Sociality will be
essential reading in the philosophy of social sciences and economics, as well
as in many adjacent fields.” (Prof. Martin Kusch,
“Raimo Tuomela hat mit The Philosophy of Sociality sein Hauptwerk
vorgelegt. Als Wissenschaftsphilosoph legt er nicht nur eine Analyse der
theoretischen Begriffe der Sozialphilosophi vor, sondern er har ein neues
Paradigma begründet, das eine Mitgliedschaftssoziologie und eine soziologisch
reinterpretierte Entscheidungstheorie zu ihrem harten Kern hat.” (Philosophischer
Literaturanzeiger, 2008. Prof. Gerhard Preyer, J.W. Goethe-University of
“Raimo Tuomela’s most recent book significantly
advances his ongoing research program into the full range of the social aspects
of human life. Like his previous work, The
Philosophy of Sociality is written with extraordinary analytic rigor. The
work is technical and dense, but presented with extraordinary precision.” (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, June
2008, Prof. Kenneth Shockley)
“A highly original and significant
contribution to an important philosophical problem. Highly recommended.”
(Choice, 2009,Prof.
M. A. Michael)
“The book provides a rigorous
analysis of what Tuomela calls the ‘we-perspective’. … There is much to admire
in the book, especially the distinction between the I-mode and the we-mode participation in collective activities and the
argumentation that the we-mode is vital for understanding the nature of the
social world.” (Analysis, 2009, Prof.
F. D´Agostino)