Joshua Shepherd

The Shape of Agency

Control, Action, Skill, Knowledge

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an account of agency which explains the control agents have over their behaviour, the nature of intentional action, the nature of skill, and the role that knowledge plays in extending the reach of an agent's action and skill.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780198866411
• ISBN-10: 0198866410
• Artikelnr.: 60362747

Autorenporträt

Joshua Shepherd is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, a Research Fellow at the University of Barcelona, where he is the Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project Rethinking Conscious Agency, and a Global Scholar in CIFAR's Azrieli program on Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. His work covers the philosophy of mind, action, psychology, and practical ethics. He is the author of Consciousness and Moral Status (Routledge, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Control
3: Non-deviant causation
4: Varietals of control's exercise
5: Intentional action
6: The shape of agency
7: Skill
8: Knowledgeable action
9: Conclusion