E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Goldman Theory of Human Action
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6897-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6897-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book articulates an original scheme for the conceptualization of action. Beginning with a new approach to the individuation of acts, it delineates the relationships between basic and non-basic acts and uses these relationships in the definition of ability and intentional action. The author exhibits the central role of wants and beliefs in the causation of acts and in the analysis of the concept of action.
Professor Goldman suggests answers to fundamental questions about acts, and develops a set of ideas and principles that can be used in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, ethics, and other fields, including the behavioral sciences.
Originally published in 1977.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. xi
I. Contents, pg. 1
II. The Structure of Action, pg. 20
III. Intentional Action, pg. 49
IV. Wanting, pg. 86
V. Explonofions of Action in the Behoviorol Sciences, pg. 126
VI. Determinism and Predictability, pg. 170
VII. Ability, Excuses, and Constraint, pg. 197
Epilogue, pg. 222
Index, pg. 227
