Abstract
Based on a qualitative study about expert musicianship, this paper distinguishes three ways of interacting by putting them in relation to the sense of agency. Following Pacherie (Phenomenology the Cognitive Sciences 13:25–46, 2014), it highlights that the phenomenology of shared agency undergoes a drastic transformation when musicians establish a sense of we-agency. In particular, the musicians conceive of the performance as one single action towards which they experience an epistemic privileged access. The implications of these results for a theory of collective intentionality are discussed by addressing two general questions: When several individuals share an intention, does this fact secure plural self-knowledge? And is it possible to have non-observational knowledge about a collective action? It is claimed that the results drawn from the study about expert musicianship supports negative answers to both questions.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Topoi |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 197–209 |
| ISSN | 0167-7411 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Joint action
- Practical knowledge
- Shared intention
- Pre-reflective self-awareness
- Expert musicianship