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 -September-2023-PhD-defense-Yiyan-Wang
DTSTAMP:20230905T143256
SUMMARY:PhD defense, Yiyan Wang
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230912T100000
LOCATION:Aula, Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwa
 l 231, Amsterdam
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Promotor:prof. dr. S.J.L. Smets; pro
 f. dr. F. Liu
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Copromotor:prof. dr. M.J.B. Stokhof
DESCRIPTION:People inhabit a vast and intricate so
 cial network nowadays. In addition to our own deci
 sions and actions, we confront those of various gr
 oups every day. Collective decisions and actions a
 re more complex and bewildering compared to those 
 made by individuals. As members of a collective, w
 e contribute to its decisions, but our contributio
 ns may not always align with the outcome. We may a
 lso find ourselves excluded from certain groups an
 d passively subjected to their influences without 
 being aware of the source. We are used to being in
  overlapping groups and may switch identities, sup
 porting or opposing the claims of particular group
 s. But rarely do we pause to think: What do we tal
 k about when we talk about groups and their decisi
 ons?  At the heart of this dissertation is the que
 stion of collective agency, i.e., in what sense ca
 n we treat a group as a rational agent capable of 
 its action. There are two perspectives we take: a 
 philosophical and logical one. The philosophical p
 erspective mainly discusses the ontological and ep
 istemological issues related to collective agency,
  sorts out the relevant philosophical history, and
  argues that the combination of a relational view 
 of collective agency and a dispositional view of c
 ollective intentionality provides a rational and r
 ealistic account. The logical perspective is assoc
 iated with formal theories of groups, it disregard
 s the psychological content involved in the philos
 ophical perspective, establishes a logical system 
 that is sufficiently formal and objective, and axi
 omatizes the nature of a collective.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>People inhabit
  a vast and intricate social network nowadays. In 
 addition to our own decisions and actions, we conf
 ront those of various groups every day. Collective
  decisions and actions are more complex and bewild
 ering compared to those made by individuals. As me
 mbers of a collective, we contribute to its decisi
 ons, but our contributions may not always align wi
 th the outcome. We may also find ourselves exclude
 d from certain groups and passively subjected to t
 heir influences without being aware of the source.
  We are used to being in overlapping groups and ma
 y switch identities, supporting or opposing the cl
 aims of particular groups. But rarely do we pause 
 to think: What do we talk about when we talk about
  groups and their decisions?</p>\n  <p>At the hear
 t of this dissertation is the question of collecti
 ve agency, i.e., in what sense can we treat a grou
 p as a rational agent capable of its action. There
  are two perspectives we take: a philosophical and
  logical one. The philosophical perspective mainly
  discusses the ontological and epistemological iss
 ues related to collective agency, sorts out the re
 levant philosophical history, and argues that the 
 combination of a relational view of collective age
 ncy and a dispositional view of collective intenti
 onality provides a rational and realistic account.
  The logical perspective is associated with formal
  theories of groups, it disregards the psychologic
 al content involved in the philosophical perspecti
 ve, establishes a logical system that is sufficien
 tly formal and objective, and axiomatizes the natu
 re of a collective.</p>\n
URL:https://www.illc.uva.nl/Research/Publications/
 Dissertations/DS/#DS-2023-07
CONTACT:Yiyan Wang at yiyanthu at gmail.com
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