On collective intentions: collective action in economics and philosophy (Q2460162)

The paper studies the problem of collective action from the standpoint of analytic philosophy. It argues that traditional analyses fall prey to two flaws: either they reduce collective action to a set of individual actions (thus leaving out team thinking), or worse they introduce intentions ranging over the actions of others. The paper offers a rendition of \textit{J. R. Searle} [``Collective intentions and actions''. in: Intentions in communication. MIT Press, Cambridge, 401--415 (1990)] which avoids both these flaws.