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ISBN
9789027708052

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
ISBN-10
9027708053
ISBN-13
9789027708052
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1070443

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xii, 207 Pages
Publication Name
Reason and Action
Language
English
Publication Year
1977
Subject
Social, General
Type
Textbook
Author
Bruce Aune
Subject Area
Philosophy
Series
Philosophical Studies Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
17.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number
9
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
128
Table Of Content
I Theories of Action.- 1. Prichard's Theory of Voluntary Activity.- 2. Prichard, Davidson, and the Notion of Agency.- 3. Objections and Qualifications.- 4. Secondary Uses of Action Language.- 5. Three Theories of Action.- 6. The Metaphysics or Ontology of Action.- 7. Concluding Remarks.- II The Springs of Action.- 1. Preliminary Remarks on Volition.- 2. Intentions and Other Pro Attitudes.- 3. Intention, Belief, and Action.- 4. A Conception of Volition.- 5. Reasons and Purposive Explanations.- 6. Voluntary and Intentional Action.- 7. Concluding Remarks.- III Deliberation.- 1. Aristotle on Deliberation.- 2. Decision and Choice.- 3. Deliberation and Ends.- 4. The Question of Validity.- 5. Deliberation and Choice.- 6. Bayesian Deliberation.- 7. Concluding Remarks.- IV The Logic of Practical Reasoning.- 1. Sellars's Theory of Practical Inference.- 2. Binkley's Theory of Practical Reasoning.- 3. Castañeda's General Theory of the Language of Action.- 4. Normative Statements and Practical Reasoning.- 5. Concluding Remarks.
Synopsis
Philosophers writing on the subject of human action have found it tempting to introduce their subject by raising Wittgenstein's question, 'What is left over if you subtract the fact that my arm goes up from the fact that I raise my arm?' The presumption is that something of particular interest is involved in an action of raising an arm that is not present in a mere bodily movement, and the philosopher's task is to specify just what this is. Unfortunately, such an approach does not take us very far, since a person could properly be said to raise his (or her) arm while asleep or hypnotized even though he (or she) would not be performing an action in the sense of 'action' with which philosophers are particularly concerned. To avoid this kind of difficulty I shall approach the subject of human action is a more academic way: I shall expound some important rival theories of human action, and introduce the relevant issues by commenting critically on those theories. One of the issues I eventually introduce is a metaphysical one. A theory of action makes sense, I contend, only on the assumption that there are such 'things' as actions (or events). After considering some key arguments bearing on the issue I conclude that, as matters currently stand in philosophy, a metaphysically noncommittal attitude toward actions and events seems justified.
LC Classification Number
B63

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