The “existence Or Non-existence” Debate On Collective Intentionalit

In the discussion of collective intention,the existence of collective intention has not been valued;it always exists as self-evident and becomes the basis of the whole problem domain.In the discussion involving the existence of collective intention,there are roughly two lines: one is that collective intention is realistic,it is the premise of collective action;the other is that collective intention is not independent reality,it can be restored.There are two main paths to support the reality of collective intention,one is "intention path",which is a "intention-action" based on the principle between individual intention and individual action;but it cannot be explained from individual intention,so there must be a collective intention as collective action,as the internal structure of individual intention and its relationship structure with individual intention and collective action.Another path,supporting the existence of collective intention,a kind called the mirror nervous system,in the library,so as to solve the possibility of the collective intention,and justify the existence of collective intention.The common dilemma faced by the two paths of this route is the cycle of argument,that is,both individualistic strategies ultimately have to preset a collective element to make their own strategy effective.There are also two positions in the line that collective intention does not have overall reality: one is "individual intention theory" and the other is "common intention theory".The main basis for the distinction between them is the degree of denial of the collective intention.In the view of "individual intention theory",collective intention is a useless fiction,all states of intention can only be individual,and all actions can only be individual action;this is a more thorough reduction position than traditional reductionism.—— It does not think that collective intention can be reduced to individual intention,but directly denies the necessity and possibility of collective intention,and this negation has more obvious advantages in theory.The main foothold of "common intention theory" is that it does not think that collective intention has irreversible integrity,that is,it does not have the special attribute that cannot be restored to the part of it,so it also holds the reduction method;rather than redefining the connotation of collective intention,it can still be regarded as a common content of individual intention,a combined intention,and exists in individual intention as a certain meaning of individual intention.In addition to upholding the reduction method,these two positions also face the same internal theoretical contradictions,that is,while they also resort to individualistic schemes,they presuppose certain collective elements that they deny to ensure the coordination and unity of individual intentions."New collectivism" is based on the universal dilemma of individualism and collectivism.One of its basic orientations is to no longer take individual intention as a basic intention,but to regard collective intention as the only and original type of intention.In terms of the relationship between individual intention and collective intention,individual intention becomes individual intention only on the basis of collective intention,which is a "secondary collective intention" in the relationship network,but still has the characteristics of initiative and relative independence.Collective intention,as a kind of original intention,is still based on the individual mind,but the individual mind here is no longer the individual brain or the isolated individual mind,it is a social human mind.In terms of the reason or reason of collective intention,"new collectivism" regards it as the result of interaction;there are three different stages of social interaction: "collective effervescence","social experience" and "social interaction";it is not a historical alternative relationship,but different forms and intensity of social interaction,which are characterized by the awakening of individual consciousness,interaction subjects and the adaptation of interaction influence.In such a dynamic interactive perspective,the collective intention is a kind of original intention that becomes possible.