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The Philosophy of Action: An Anthology is an authoritative collection of key work by top scholars, arranged thematically and accompanied by expert introductions written by the editors. This unique collection brings together a selection of the most influential essays from the 1960s to the present day. * An invaluable collection that brings together a selection of the most important classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of action, from the 1960's to the present day * No other broad-ranging and detailed coverage of this kind currently exists in the field * Each themed section opens with…mehr
The Philosophy of Action: An Anthology is an authoritative collection of key work by top scholars, arranged thematically and accompanied by expert introductions written by the editors. This unique collection brings together a selection of the most influential essays from the 1960s to the present day. * An invaluable collection that brings together a selection of the most important classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of action, from the 1960's to the present day * No other broad-ranging and detailed coverage of this kind currently exists in the field * Each themed section opens with a synoptic introduction and includes a comprehensive further reading list to guide students * Includes sections on action and agency, willing and trying, intention and intentional action, acting for a reason, the explanation of action, and free agency and responsibility * Written and organised in a style that allows it to be used as a primary teaching resource in its own right
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Autorenporträt
Jonathan Dancy is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin and at the University of Reading, UK. An internationally known specialist in ethics, epistemology, and early modern philosophy, Professor Dancy is author of five books: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (Blackwell, 1985), Berkeley: an Introduction (Blackwell, 1987), Moral Reasons (Blackwell, 1993), Practical Reality (2000), and Ethics Without Principles (2004). Constantine Sandis is Professor in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author of The Things We Do and Why We Do Them (2012) and the editor or co-editor of New Essays on Action Explanation (2009), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), Hegel on Action (2010), and Human Nature (2012).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface x
Source Acknowledgments xi
1 Philosophical Investigations 611-628 1 Ludwig Wittgenstein
Part I Action and Agency 3
Introduction to Part I 5
2 Agency 10 Donald Davidson
3 Shooting, Killing and Dying 21 Jonathan Bennett
4 The Problem of Action 26 Harry G. Frankfurt
5 Agents and their Actions 33 Maria Alvarez and John Hyman
6 Agency and Actions 48 Jennifer Hornsby
Part II Willing and Trying 63
Introduction to Part II 65
7 Acting, Willing, Desiring 69 H. A. Prichard
8 The Will 76 Gilbert Ryle
9 Acting and Trying to Act 83 Jennifer Hornsby
10 Action and Volition 91 E. J. Lowe
Part III Intention and Intentional Action 101
Introduction to Part III 103
11 Intention 1-9 107 G. E. M. Anscombe
12 Knowing What I Am Doing 113 Keith S. Donnellan
13 Intending 119 Donald Davidson
14 Two Faces of Intention 130 Michael Bratman
15 Acting As One Intends 145 John McDowell
16 Intentional Action and Side Effects in Ordinary Language 158 Joshua Knobe
17 The Toxin Puzzle 161 Gregory S. Kavka
18 The Ontology of Social Agency 164 Frederick Stoutland
Part IV Acting for a Reason 177
Introduction to Part IV 179
19 Actions, Reasons, and Causes 183 Donald Davidson
20 How to Act for a Good Reason 193 Jonathan Dancy
21 Acting for a Reason 206 Christine Korsgaard
22 Arational Actions 222 Rosalind Hursthouse
23 Agency, Reason, and the Good 230 Joseph Raz
24 Skepticism About Weakness of Will 245 Gary Watson
Part V The Explanation of Action 257
Introduction to Part V 259
25 Explanation in Science and in History 1-3 263 Carl G. Hempel
26 The Rationale of Actions 270 William Dray
27 Explanation in Science and in History 4-7 280 Carl G. Hempel
28 The Explanatory Role of Being Rational 289 Michael Smith
29 The Conceivability of Mechanism 303 Norman Malcolm
30 Action, Causality, and Teleological Explanation 315 Arthur W. Collins
31 Psychological vs. Biological Explanations of Behavior 333 Fred Dretske
Part VI Free Agency and Responsibility 341
Introduction to Part VI 343
32 Human Freedom and the Self 347 Roderick Chisholm
33 Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility 353 Harry G. Frankfurt
34 Responsibility, Control, and Omissions 360 John Martin Fischer
35 The Impossibility of Ultimate Responsibility? 373 Galen Strawson
36 Moral Responsibility and the Concept of Agency 382 Helen Steward
