Life and action elementary structures of practice and practical thought / Michael Thompson.
| Author/creator | Thompson, Michael, 1959- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, |
| Description | vi, 223 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007043818 |
| ISBN | 9780674016705 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 067401670X (alk. paper) |