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Informationen zum Autor Timothy O'Connor is Professor and Department Chair of philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington, and a member of its Cognitive Sciences program. He has published extensively in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, and philosophy of religion. His books include Agents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will (ed. 1995), Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will (2000), Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings (ed. 2003), Theism and Ultimate Explanation: The Necessary Shape of Contingency (2008) and Downward Causation and the Necessity of Free Will (ed. 2010). Constantine Sandis is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University and New York University in London. He is the editor of New Essays on the Explanation of Action (2009) and Hegel on Action (with Arto Laitinen, 2010), and author of The Things We Do and Why We Do Them (2010). Klappentext A Companion to the Philosophy of Action offers a comprehensive overview of the issues and problems central to the philosophy of action.* The first volume to survey the entire field of philosophy of action (the central issues and processes relating to human actions)* Brings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts* Discusses a range of ideas and doctrines, including rationality, free will and determinism, virtuous action, criminal responsibility, Attribution Theory, and rational agency in evolutionary perspective* Individual chapters also cover prominent historic figures from Plato to Ricoeur* Can be approached as a complete narrative, but also serves as a work of reference* Offers rich insights into an area of philosophical thought that has attracted thinkers since the time of the ancient Greeks Zusammenfassung A Companion to the Philosophy of Action provides a comprehensive overview of the central issues and processes relating to human actions. Specially commissioned chapters from international experts cover all facets of philosophy of action - from key figures and terminology to some of the more controversial problems in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xx Introduction xxi Part I Acts and Actions 1 1 Action Theory and Ontology 3 E. J. Lowe 2 Basic Actions and Individuation 10 Constantine Sandis 3 Trying to Act 18 Jennifer Hornsby 4 Bodily Movements 26 Adrian Haddock 5 The Causal Theory of Action 32 Wayne A. Davis 6 Adverbs of Action and Logical Form 40 Kirk Ludwig 7 Refraining, Omitting, and Negative Acts 50 Kent Bach 8 Speech Acts 58 Mitchell S. Green 9 Collective Action 67 Margaret Gilbert 10 Habitual Actions 74 Bill Pollard 11 Cambridge Actions 82 David-Hillel Ruben 12 Pluralism about Action 90 Elijah Millgram Part II Agency and Causation 97 13 Volition and the Will 99 Laura W. Ekstrom 14 Intention 108 Alfred R. Mele 15 Desire and Pleasure 114 Timothy Schroeder 16 Teleological Explanation 121 Scott Sehon 17 Reasons and Causes 129 Timothy O'Connor 18 Triggering and Structuring Causes 139 Fred Dretske 19 Motivating Reasons 145 Stephen Everson 20 Humeanism about Motivation 153 Michael Smith 21 Deviant Causal Chains 159 Rowland Stout 22 Action Explanation and the Unconscious 166 Edward Harcourt 23 Mental Causation and Epiphenomenalism 174 John Heil 24 The Explanatory Role of Consciousness 182 Naomi Eilan 25 What a Difference Emo...
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Acts and Actions.
Part II: Agency and Causation.
Part III: Action in Special Contexts.
Part IV: Prominent Figures.
Index.
Bericht
"I recommend this volume to all those with any interest in the concepts treated in the philosophy of action." ( Philosophy in Review , 1 December 2012)
"The collection is a critically important resource for scholars of the philosophy of action. The overall clarity of the entries, moreover, also makes it accessible as a resource for undergraduate and graduate students working in the area. Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." (Choice, 1 March 2011)
"O Connor and Sandis have edited a wide-ranging, accessible collection that will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of action. Highly recommended." (Metapsychology Online Reviews, 12 April 2011)
