A companion to the philosophy of action / edited by Timothy O'Connor and Constantine Sandis.

Other author O'Connor, Timothy, 1965-
Other author Sandis, Constantine, 1976-
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Descriptionxxii, 638 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Act (Philosophy)

SeriesBlackwell companions to philosophy ; 46
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 46. ^A269870
Contents Part 1: Acts and actions -- Action theory and ontology / E. J. Lowe -- Basic actions and individuation / Constantine Sandis -- Trying to act / Jennifer Hornsby -- Bodily movements / Adrian Haddock -- The causal theory of action / Wayne A. Davis -- Adverbs of action and logical form / Kirk Ludwig -- Refraining, omitting, and negative acts / Kent Bach -- Speech acts / Mitchell S. Green -- Collective action / Margaret Gilbert -- Habitual actions / Bill Pollard -- Cambridge actions / David-Hillel Ruben -- Pluralism about action / Elijah Millgram --
Contents Part II: Agency and causation -- Volition and the will / Laura W. Ekstrom -- intention / Alfred R. Mele -- Desire and pleasure / Timothy Schroeder -- Teleological explanation / Scott Sehon -- Reasons and causes / Timothy O'Connor -- Triggering and structuring causes / Fred Dretske -- Motivating reasons / Stephen Everson -- Humeanism about motivation / Michael Smith -- Deviant causal chains / Rowland Stout -- Action explanation and the unconscious / Edward Harcourt -- Mental causation and epiphenomenalism / John Heil -- The explanatory role of consciousness / Naomi Eilan -- What a difference emotions make / Sabine A. Doring -- Agency, patiency, and personhood / Soran Reader -- Mental acts / Joelle Proust -- Agent Causation / Randolph Clarke -- Bodily awareness and bodily action / Hong Yu Wong -- Agents' knowledge / Johannes Roessler -- Practical reasoning / Bart Streumer -- Deliberation and decision / Philip Pettit -- Motivational strength / Alfred R. Mele -- Addiction and compulsion / Neil Levy -- Akrasia and irrationality / Sergio Tenenbaum --
Contents Part III: Action in special contexts -- Rationality / John Broome -- Motivational internalism and externalism / G. F. Schueler -- Free will and determinism / Thomas Pink -- Responsibility and autonomy / John Martin Fischer -- Virtuous action / Rosalind Hursthouse -- The doctrine of double effect / David S. Oderberg -- Action and criminal responsibility / r. A. Duff -- Intention in law / Gideon Yaffe -- Scientific challenges to free will / Eddy Nahmias -- Intentional action in folk psychology / Bertram F. Malle -- Attribution theory / Bernard Weiner -- Rational agency in evolutionary perspective / Kim Sterelny and Ben Jeffares -- Animal agency / Hans-Johann glock -- Action in cognitive ethology / Marc Bekoff -- Action in history and social science / Daniel Little -- The prediction of action / Nassim N. Taleb and Avital Pilpel --
Contents Part IV: Prominent figures -- Indian philosophers / Elisa Freschi -- Plato / Christine J. Thomas -- Aristotle / Ursula Coope -- Stoics, Epicureans, and Aristotelians / t. H. Irwin -- Augustine and Aquinas / Stephen Boulter -- Duns Scotus / Thomas Williams -- Thomas Hobbes / Thomas Pink -- Descartes / Paul Hoffman -- Locke / Matthew stuart -- Berkeley / Tom Stoneham -- Thomas Reid / Maria Alvarez -- Hume / Annette C. Baier -- Kant / Eric Watkins -- Nietzsche / Brian Leiter -- Hegel / Michael Quante -- Weber / Kieran Allen -- Wittgenstein / Severin Schroeder -- Ryle / Julia Tanney -- Sartre / Katherine J. Morris -- Chisholm / Michael J. Zimmerman -- Von Wright / Frederick Stoutland -- Davidson / Ralf Stoecker -- Anscombe / Roger Teichmann -- Ricoeur / Anna C. Zielinska.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009053164
ISBN9781405187350 (hbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN1405187352 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B105.A35 C65 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold