Life and action elementary structures of practice and practical thought / Michael Thompson.

Author/creator Thompson, Michael, 1959-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
Descriptionvi, 223 p. ; 25 cm.
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Contents Part I: The representation of life -- Can life be given a real definition? -- The representation of the living individual -- The representation of the life-form itself -- Part II: Naive action theory -- Types of practical explanation -- Naive explanation of action -- Action and time -- Part III: Practical generality -- Two tendencies in practical philosophy -- Practices and dispositions as sources of the goodness of individual actions -- Practice and disposition as sources of individual action.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN9780674016705 (alk. paper)
ISBN067401670X (alk. paper)