This book demonstrates the importance of philosophical work in action theory for the central metaphysical task of understanding our place in nature.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Bishop is an orthopedic surgeon from Houston, Texas. When he isn't dreaming up new Doc Brady exploits, you can find him on the golf course or playing his piano. Act of Atonement is the sixth book in the Doc Brady Mystery series.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Notes Part I. The Problems of Natural Agency: 1. A theory in search of its problem 2. Commitments of the ethical perspective 3. Commitments of the natural perspective 4. The core of the problem of action - and a plausible solution Part II. The Value of a Causal Theory of Action: 1. A traditional approach to the problem of natural agency 2. Is action possible under determination 3. Is action possible under indeterminism? 4. A comparison with Dennett's elbow room 5. The conditional analysis argument Part III. Developing a Causal Theory of Action: 1. Causal analyses of action 2. The challenge of Akrasia Part IV. The Challenge of Causal Deviance: Part V. Coping with Basic Deviance: 1. The promise of the sensitivity strategy 2. Alternative versions of the sensitivity strategy 3. Assessing the sensitivity strategy 4. Sensitive and sustained causation Part VI. Limits for the Causal Theory of Action: 1. Dealing with the Agent-Causationist syndrome 2. The place of the causal theory of action in the wider project of reconciliatory naturalism Bibliography Index.
Acknowledgments Introduction Notes Part I. The Problems of Natural Agency: 1. A theory in search of its problem 2. Commitments of the ethical perspective 3. Commitments of the natural perspective 4. The core of the problem of action - and a plausible solution Part II. The Value of a Causal Theory of Action: 1. A traditional approach to the problem of natural agency 2. Is action possible under determination 3. Is action possible under indeterminism? 4. A comparison with Dennett's elbow room 5. The conditional analysis argument Part III. Developing a Causal Theory of Action: 1. Causal analyses of action 2. The challenge of Akrasia Part IV. The Challenge of Causal Deviance: Part V. Coping with Basic Deviance: 1. The promise of the sensitivity strategy 2. Alternative versions of the sensitivity strategy 3. Assessing the sensitivity strategy 4. Sensitive and sustained causation Part VI. Limits for the Causal Theory of Action: 1. Dealing with the Agent-Causationist syndrome 2. The place of the causal theory of action in the wider project of reconciliatory naturalism Bibliography Index.
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