The anthropocentric view holds that the social world is a projection Exterior Protection of mental states and attitudes onto the real world.However, there is more to a society of individuals than their psychological make up.In The Ant Trap, Epstein hints at the possibility that collective intentionality can, and should, be discarded as a pillar of social ontology.In this commentary I argue that this claim is motivated by Trousers an outdated view of the nature and structure of collective attitudes.
If we aim at a good theory of social ontology, we need a good theory of collective intentionality.