The philosophy of action

The philosophy of action /

This volume offers a selection of some of the best, most influential, and most accessible essays on the major contemporary issues in the philosophy of action. Topics addressed include intention, reasons for action, and the nature and explanation of intentional action. The contributors are all major...

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Other Authors: Mele, Alfred R., 1951- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Oxford readings in philosophy
Subjects:
Act (Philosophy)
Action (Philosophie)
Handelen.
Handelingstheorie.
Intentionaliteit.
Verklaring.
Philosophie de l'action.
Table of Contents:
  • Actions, reasons, and causes / Donald Davidson
  • The problem of action / Harry G. Frankfurt
  • Trying (as the mental 'pineal gland') / Brian O'Shaughnessy
  • Acting for reasons / Robert Audi
  • Reasons explanation of action : an incompatibilist account / Carl Ginet
  • A causal theory of intending / Wayne A. Davis
  • Practical reasoning / Gilbert Harman
  • Two faces of intention / Michael Bratman
  • Settled objectives and rational constraints / Hugh J. McCann
  • Intentional action / Alfred R. Mele and Paul K. Moser
  • Mechanism, purpose, and explanatory exclusion / Jaegwon Kim
  • Agency and causal explanation / Jennifer Hornsby.

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