List, Christian (2015) What is it like to be a group agent? [Preprint]
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Abstract
The existence of group agents is relatively widely accepted. Examples are corporations, courts, NGOs, and even entire states. But should we also accept that there is such a thing as group consciousness? In this paper, I give an overview of some of the key issues in this debate and sketch a tentative argument for the view that group agents lack phenomenal consciousness, contrary to a recent suggestion by Schwitzgebel (2015). In developing my argument, I draw on integrated information theory, a much-discussed theory of consciousness. I conclude by pointing out an implication of my argument for the normative status of group agents.
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Keywords: | Group agency, collective intentionality, group cognition, consciousness, integrated information theory, philosophy of mind, extended mind, social ontology | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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Depositing User: | Christian List | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2015 15:28 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2015 15:28 | ||||||
Item ID: | 11569 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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Date: | 8 July 2015 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11569 |
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