Agents and their actions /

"Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Actions and Their Agents presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action Features seven internationally significant authors, incl...

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Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: De Gaynesford, Maximilian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Ratio book series.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:"Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Actions and Their Agents presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action Features seven internationally significant authors, including new work by two of philosophy's 'super stars', John McDowell and Joseph Raz Presents the first clear indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action and agency Covers all the major interconnections between action-agency and central areas of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language Provides a snapshot of current debate on the subject, which is fresh, enlightening, and fruitful"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (142 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781444346763
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DOI:10.1002/9781444346763