Agents and Their Actions

Author:   Maximilian de Gaynesford (College of William and Mary, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Pages:   152
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
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Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions 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

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Author:   Maximilian de Gaynesford (College of William and Mary, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.191kg
ISBN:  

9781444339086


ISBN 10:   1444339087
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Notes on Contributors vi Preface vii 1 Reasons for Action and Practical Reasoning 1 Maria Alvarez 2 Ambivalence and Authentic Agency 20 Laura W. Ekstrom 3 The Road to Larissa 39 John Hyman 4 What is the Content of an Intention in Action? 61 John McDowell 5 Being in the World 79 Joseph Raz 6 Moral Scepticism and Agency: Kant and Korsgaard 99 Robert Stern 7 Speech, Action and Uptake 121 Maximilian de Gaynesford Index 138

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Maximilian de Gaynesford is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. A previous Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford, de Gaynesford is the author of I: The Meaning of the First Person Term (2006), Hilary Putnam (2006), John McDowell (2004), and a number of articles on the philosophy of mind and language, moral philosophy, and aesthetics.

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