Macrocognition: a theory of distributed minds and collective intentionality

Abstract

Part I: Macrocognition: A new foundation for a theory of collective mentality 1. Why bother with collective mentality? 2. Missteps on the road to macrocognition 3. One step closer on the road to macrocognition 4. A Plausible foundation for macrocognition Part II: Toward a more complete theory of collective mentality 5. Is collective mentality intuitively implausible? 6. The explanatory superfluity of collective mentality, Part I 7. The explanatory superfluity of collective mentality, Part II 8. Collective selves and collective personhood 9. Different kinds of collective minds 10. Conclusion References Index