Joint Agency: Intersubjectivity, Sense of Control, and the Feeling of Trust Export

@article{citeulike:5996863, abstract = {In this paper, I am going to be concerned with the capacity of human beings to act jointly. In particular, I will focus on the phenomenal aspect of collective action. I shall suggest that the experience of being jointly engaged with another is complex: it comprises both a practical grasp of oneself and of the other person as single agents participating in the joint pursuit, and an experience of collective immersion in the activity, which includes a sense of joint control. This suggestion gives rise to a number of puzzles: firstly, what is the relation between jointly engaged agents' awareness of self and other and their sense of a joint engagement? Secondly, how are we to substantiate the idea of a sense of joint control if it is also obviously true that I don't, however close our psychological and bodily attunements, have control over your doings? I shall argue that a satisfactory solution to these puzzles is possible only if we take seriously the notion of a perceptually constituted “intersubjective perspective” that is shared by the participants in joint activities and gives rise to an attitude of mutual trust.}, author = {Seemann, Axel}, citeulike-article-id = {5996863}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201740903302634}, doi = {10.1080/00201740903302634}, journal = {Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy}, keywords = {agency, autonomy, freewill, intersubjectivity}, number = {5}, pages = {500--515}, posted-at = {2009-10-23 08:54:44}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Joint Agency: Intersubjectivity, Sense of Control, and the Feeling of Trust}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201740903302634}, volume = {52}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5996863 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5996863 N2 - In this paper, I am going to be concerned with the capacity of human beings to act jointly. In particular, I will focus on the phenomenal aspect of collective action. I shall suggest that the experience of being jointly engaged with another is complex: it comprises both a practical grasp of oneself and of the other person as single agents participating in the joint pursuit, and an experience of collective immersion in the activity, which includes a sense of joint control. This suggestion gives rise to a number of puzzles: firstly, what is the relation between jointly engaged agents' awareness of self and other and their sense of a joint engagement? Secondly, how are we to substantiate the idea of a sense of joint control if it is also obviously true that I don't, however close our psychological and bodily attunements, have control over your doings? I shall argue that a satisfactory solution to these puzzles is possible only if we take seriously the notion of a perceptually constituted “intersubjective perspective” that is shared by the participants in joint activities and gives rise to an attitude of mutual trust. IS - 5 JF - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy EP - 515 TI - Joint Agency: Intersubjectivity, Sense of Control, and the Feeling of Trust PB - Routledge VL - 52 SP - 500 KW - agency KW - autonomy KW - freewill KW - intersubjectivity AU - Seemann, Axel PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201740903302634 ER -