Reasons in Action: A Reductionist Account of Intentional Action

Author:   Ingmar Persson (Emeritus Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Gothenburg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198845034


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   11 September 2019
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Author:   Ingmar Persson (Emeritus Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Gothenburg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.352kg
ISBN:  

9780198845034


ISBN 10:   0198845030
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   11 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction 1: Acting and Thinking 2: The Purport of Reason-Conditionals 3: The Reference to Desire in Reasons for Action 4: Reasoning about Means 5: The Intentionality of Actions: Basic and Non-Basic 6: Refraining: Its Nature and Normative Role Conclusion

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a book that offers some provocative and unconventional insights and makes a genuine contribution to the sub-discipline * Andrei A. Buckareff, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *


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Ingmar Persson is Emeritus Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He received his PhD in practical philosophy in 1981 before becoming a Junior Research Fellow, Lecturer, and then Professor in the same discipline at the University of Lund, Sweden. Persson then moved to Gothenburg to take up the chair in practical philosophy in 2004. His publications include The Retreat of Reason (Oxford 2005), From Morality to the End of Reason (Oxford 2013), Inclusive Ethics (Oxford 2017), and Unfit for the Future (Oxford 2012, with Julian Savulescu).

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