Margaret Gilbert's foundational work arguing that genuine social groups are plural subjects — entities formed by joint commitment — and that social facts (obligations, beliefs, intentions) cannot be reduced to facts about individuals.
Develops the plural subject theory from the ground up: social groups are constituted by joint commitments among members, creating a new kind of subject with its own beliefs, intentions, and obligations. A systematic challenge to methodological individualism in social philosophy.
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