Mental Actions

Herausgeber: O'Brien, Lucy; Soteriou, Matthew

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions--imagining, remembering, judging, for instance? How should we explain our knowledge of our mental actions, and what light does that throw on self-knowledge in general? What contributions do mental actions make to our consciousness? What is the relationship between the voluntary and the active, in the mental sphere? What are the similarities and differences between mental and physical action, and what can we learn about each from the other?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780199225989
• ISBN-10: 0199225982
• Artikelnr.: 27036588

Autorenporträt

Lucy O'Brien is Reader in Philosophy at University College London. Matthew Soteriou is Lecturer in Philosophy at Warwick University.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Matthew Soteriou: Introduction
* 2: Al Mele: Mental Action: A Case Study
* 3: Fabian Dorsch: Judging and the Scope of Mental Agency
* 4: John Gibbons: Reason in Action
* 5: Thomas Pink: Reason, Voluntariness and Moral Responsibility
* 6: David Owens: Freedom and Practical Judgement
* 7: Pamela Hieronymi: Two Kinds of Agency
* 8: Brian O'Shaughnessy: Trying and Acting
* 9: Thomas Crowther: Perceptual Activity and the Will
* 10: Christopher Peacocke: Mental Action and Self-Awareness (II):
Epistemology
* 11: Lucy O'Brien: Mental Actions and the No-Content Problem
* 12: Matthew Soteriou: Mental Agency, Conscious Thinking and
Phenomenal Character
* 13: Joëlle Proust: Is There a Sense of Agency for Thought?