@PHDTHESIS{ 2017:1180295604,
 	title = {The ontological structure of collective action},
 	year = {2017},
 	url = "http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/7448",
 	abstract = "When we talk about collective entities, action is the most common kind of ascription. We
 regularly say things such as ?China suspends all coal imports from North Korea?; ?Uber is
 investigating harassment claims by ex-employee?; ?Supreme Court considers case of a shot
 fired in U.S. that killed a teenager in Mexico?; ?Malaysia recalls ambassador to North Korea?;
 ?SpaceX launches rocket from NASA?s historic moon pad.? Are those ascriptions true? For
 sure, they could all be metaphoric. We could take collective entities as agents just as a way of
 speaking. In this work, I argue in favor of a realist position regarding collective entities and
 their status of agent; rendering some of these sentences true. Recently, many philosophers are
 addressing this topic, but the discussion tends to be guided by the problem of collective
 intentionality, the problem of how collective entities can have mental states. My work tries to
 bring more elements of philosophy of action to the investigation of collective action. I take as
 a guide the problem of action individuation, because this topic addresses questions of central
 importance for collective action. Especially the question of aggregate actions, actions that are
 composed of other actions, which seems to be the paradigmatic case of collective action, insofar
 as they are presumably composed of individuals? actions. The problem of action individuation
 leads us to two central concepts on the nature of action: basic action and intention. In this work,
 I will show how an investigation on basic action can help us locate the place of individuals?
 contributions in collective action and how an investigation on intention can locate a
 fundamental element of action that is irreducible and distinctively collective in collective action
 cases. After exploring these two core concepts, I provide a definition of action that take
 seriously the place of intention as a guide to identify when an event constitutes an action.",
 	publisher = {Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul},
 	scholl = {Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Filosofia},
 	note = {Escola de Humanidades}
}