Author	Tuomela, Raimo. author
Title	Cooperation [electronic resource] : A Philosophical Study / by Raimo Tuomela
Imprint	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9594-0
Descript	XIII, 436 p. online resource

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

1. Introducing Social Action and Cooperation -- 2. Collective and Joint Goals -- 3. Cooperative Joint Action -- 4. Cooperation and Collective Goals -- 5. Cooperation, Practical Reasoning, and Communication -- 6. Cooperation in Institutional Context -- 7. Cooperation and Cooperative Game Theory -- 8. The Components of Social Control and Dependence -- 9. Cooperation and Preferences -- 10. Cooperation and the Dilemma of Collective Action -- 11. Rational Cooperation and Collective Reasons -- 12. Long-Term Cooperation -- 13. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index of Names

1. Philosophy
2. Operations research
3. Decision making
4. Philosophy of mind
5. Artificial intelligence
6. Personality
7. Social psychology
8. Philosophy
9. Philosophy of Mind
10. Philosophy
11. general
12. Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
13. Operation Research/Decision Theory
14. Personality and Social Psychology