Contemporary Action Theory Volume 1: Individual Action

Ghita Holmström-Hintikka, R. Tuomela (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

317 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 1997
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-4914-8 (ISBN)

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Contemporary Action Theory, Volume I (Individual Action) is concerned with topics in philosophical action theory such as reasons and causes of action, intentions, freedom of will and of action, omissions and norms in legal and ethical contexts, as well as activity, passivity and competence from medical points of view. Cognitive trying, freedom of the will and agent causation are challenges in the discussion on computers in action. The Volume consists of contributions by leading experts in the field written specifically for this volume. No comparable volume currently exists.

Explanation and Understanding of Actions.- von Wright and Collingwood on Causation and the Explanation of Human Action.- Metaphysical Foundations of Action Explanation.- Reasons as Causes for Action.- On States, Actions, Omissions and Norms.- Actions in Action.- Passive Action.- On Ability, Opportunity and Competence: An Inquiry into People’s Possibility for Action.- Actions and Inconsistency: The Closure Problem of Practical Reasoning.- Intending and Its Place in the Theory of Action.- Intention and Intentional Action.- On When the Will Is Free.- When Is an Action Free?.- Naturalising Mental Action.- Doing Without Happenings: Three Theories of Action.- Cognitive Trying.- Index of Names.- Table of Contents of Volume II: Social Action.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Synthese Library ; 266
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 317 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-481-4914-2 / 9048149142
ISBN-13	978-90-481-4914-8 / 9789048149148
Zustand	Neuware