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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Lucy O'Brien; Matthew Soteriou; Institute of philosophy (Londres) |
ISBN: | 0199225982 9780199225989 |
OCLC Number: | 762346957 |
Notes: | Actes d'un conférence tenu à l'Institute of philosophy, Londres en 2005. Notes bibliogr. |
Description: | 1 vol. (IX-286 p.) ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction ; 2. Mental Action: A Case Study ; 3. Judging and the Scope of Mental Agency ; 4. Reason in Action ; 5. Reason, Voluntariness and Moral Responsibility ; 6. Freedom and Practical Judgement ; 7. Two Kinds of Agency ; 8. Trying and Acting ; 9. Perceptual Activity and the Will ; 10. Mental Action and Self-Awareness (II): Epistemology ; 11. Mental Actions and the No-Content Problem ; 12. Mental Agency, Conscious Thinking and Phenomenal Character ; 13. Is There a Sense of Agency for Thought? |
Responsibility: | edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou. |
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This is a volume that genuinely breaks new ground, and one that will be of broad interest to philosophers of mind, action theorists, and moral psychologists. * Matthew Boyle, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Even if the highly readable volume will not offer satisfying answers to all questions about mental agency, it certainly succeeds in this self-set task. In fact, its contributions nicely demonstrate why mental agency is both one of the most intriguing and one of the most puzzling topics in philosophy of action. ... Overall, philosophers interested in the topic of mental agency will find this book highly rewarding and interesting - and not merely because there are fewother collections around which try to cover the topic in its generality in the current philosophical discussion. For not only do the different contributions combine to give a valuable overview of the current state of play, but, at the same time, Soteriou's introduction provides an excellent startingpoint for the reader who is less familiar with the discussion. * Erasmus Mayr, Mind * Read more...

