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Agents and their actions / edited by Maximilian de Gaynesford.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ratio book seriesPublication details: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (142 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781444346763
  • 1444346768
  • 9781444339086
  • 1444339087
  • 9781444346732
  • 1444346733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Agents and their actions.DDC classification:
  • 128/.4 22
LOC classification:
  • B105.A35 A46 2011eb
Other classification:
  • PHI009000
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Reasons for Action and Practical Reasoning / Maria Alvarez -- Ambivalence and Authentic Agency / Laura W Ekstrom -- The Road to Larissa / John Hyman -- What is the Content of an Intention in Action? / John McDowell -- Being in the World / Joseph Raz -- Moral Scepticism and Agency: Kant and Korsgaard / Robert Stern -- Speech, Action and Uptake / Maximilian de Gaynesford -- Index.
Summary: "Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Actions and Their Agents presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action Features seven internationally significant authors, including new work by two of philosophy's 'super stars', John McDowell and Joseph Raz Presents the first clear indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action and agency Covers all the major interconnections between action-agency and central areas of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language Provides a snapshot of current debate on the subject, which is fresh, enlightening, and fruitful"-- Provided by publisher.
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Front Matter -- Reasons for Action and Practical Reasoning / Maria Alvarez -- Ambivalence and Authentic Agency / Laura W Ekstrom -- The Road to Larissa / John Hyman -- What is the Content of an Intention in Action? / John McDowell -- Being in the World / Joseph Raz -- Moral Scepticism and Agency: Kant and Korsgaard / Robert Stern -- Speech, Action and Uptake / Maximilian de Gaynesford -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

"Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Actions and Their Agents presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action Features seven internationally significant authors, including new work by two of philosophy's 'super stars', John McDowell and Joseph Raz Presents the first clear indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action and agency Covers all the major interconnections between action-agency and central areas of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language Provides a snapshot of current debate on the subject, which is fresh, enlightening, and fruitful"-- Provided by publisher.