_Distributed Agency_ presents an interdisciplinary inroad into the
latest thinking about the distributed nature of agency: what it's
like, what are its conditions of possibility, and what are its
consequences. The book's 25 chapters are written by a wide range of
scholars, from anthropology, biology, cognitive science, linguistics,
philosophy, psychology, geography, law, economics, and sociology.
While each chapter takes up different materials using different
methods, they all chart relations between the key elements of agency:
intentionality, causality, flexibility and accountability. Each
chapter seeks to explain how and why such relations are
distributed-not just across individuals, but also across bodies and
minds, people and things, spaces and times. To do this, the authors
work through empirical studies of particular cases, while also
offering reviews and syntheses of key ideas from the authors'
respective research traditions. Our goals with this collection of
essays are to assemble insights from new research on the anatomy of
human agency, to address divergent framings of the issues from
different disciplines, and to suggest directions for new debates and
lines of research. We hope that it will be a resource for researchers
working on allied topics, and for students learning about the elements
of human-specific modes of shared action, from causality,
intentionality, and personhood to ethics, punishment, and
accountability.
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ISBN
9780190654528
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic US
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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