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The works of agency : on human action, will, and freedom

Title
The works of agency : on human action, will, and freedom / Hugh J. McCann.
Author
McCann, Hugh.
Publication
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998.

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Description
x, 238 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Act (Philosophy)
  • Agent (Philosophy)
  • Intention (Logic)
  • Reasoning
  • Will
  • Volition
  • 08.36 philosophical anthropology, philosophy of psychology
  • Will
  • Reasoning
  • Handlung
  • Handlungstheorie
  • Philosophie
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Handelen
  • Vrije wil
  • Acció (Filosofia)
  • Lliure albir i determinisme
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. The Ontology of Action. 1. Individuating Actions: The Fine-Grained Approach. 2. The Individuation of Action and the Unity of Agency -- II. The Foundations of Action. 3. Is Raising One's Arm a Basic Action? 4. Volition and Basic Action. 5. Trying, Paralysis, and Volition. 6. Agency and the Problem of Causal Deviance -- III. Intention, Will, and Freedom. 7. Intrinsic Intentionality. 8. The Formation of Intention. 9. Agency, Control, and Causation -- IV. Practical Rationality. 10. Settled Objectives and Rational Constraints. 11. Practical Rationality and Weakness of Will.
ISBN
  • 0801435285
  • 9780801435287
  • 0801485835
  • 9780801485831
LCCN
98028463
OCLC
  • ocm39347118
  • 39347118
  • SCSB-538649
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library