ERC Advanced Grant · 2018
Who are we? Self-identity, Social Cognition, and Collective Intentionality
What does it mean to feel, think, and act as part of a we? During the last few decades, the topic of collective intentionality or we-intentionality has been much debated. However, the following foundational issues continue to remain underexplored and unresolved: • How is the we related to the self? • What does the fact that one can adopt a we-perspective tell us about the fluid character of selfhood? • What type of social cognition is required in order to identify with and share a perspective with others? • What kinds of interpersonal relations are at play in different we-formations? • What is the relation between a transient we and a persisting we, and between a we that connects particular…
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