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Intention and Practical Thought

Autor Gerhard Preyer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 mar 2011
The philosophical questions about action concern it's nature, it's description and it's explanation. The leading questions are "What a theory of action is possible?", "Are reasons causes?", "What are practical thoughts?" and "What is the formal logic of practical inference?" Gerhard Preyer offers new answers of some old question about the description and the explanation of action and the logical structure of deliberation or practical reasoning which results from the theory of action since the 1950s years. It is argued that a theory of agent can provide an alternative to any theory postulating actions as irreducible entities metaphysically. The author's account presents intention as states irreducible to beliefs and desires. The analysis places also a requirement on a fruitful description of the mind-body problem.
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ISBN-13: 9783941743090
ISBN-10: 3941743090
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Humanities Online

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Geographical OverviewAnalytical Philosophy of ActionPart IEnigmas of Agency1. The Reference of Action Description(a) Attributing and Ascribing Action(b) On Critique of the Identity Theory(c) Actions and Body Movement(d) What Sort of Theory of Action is possible?2. Explaining Action(a) Theoretical and Practical Thinking(b) Belief and Intention(c) Practical Thought(i) Situation(ii) Intention(iii) Practical Thought(d) An Intentional ExplanationPart IIPractical Reasoning1. Decision and the Execution of Intention2. Practical Inference3. The Humean Theory of Motivation4. Evaluative Attitude(i) The Extent of the Unified Theory(ii) Cognitive and Evaluative AttitudesReferencesName IndexSubject Index