Life and Action - Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought

Informationen zum Autor Michael Thompson Klappentext In Thompson¿s view, failure to comprehend structures of thought and judgment expressed in the practical concepts of life, action, and practice has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus. Establishing clarity on these concepts is Thompson¿s aim in this ambitious work. Zusammenfassung In Thompson’s view, failure to comprehend structures of thought and judgment expressed in the practical concepts of life, action, and practice has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus. Establishing clarity on these concepts is Thompson’s aim in this ambitious work. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction Part One: The Representation of Life * Introductory * Can Life be Given a Real Definition? * The Representation of the Living Individual * The Representation of the Life Form Itself Part Two: Naive Action Theory * Introductory * Types of Practical Explanation * Naive Explanation of Action * Action and Time Part Three: Practical Generality * Two Tendencies in Practical Philosophy * Practices and Dispositions as Sources of the Goodness of Individual Actions * Practice and Disposition as Sources of Individual Actions Themselves * Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Thompson
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2012
• EAN: 9780674063983
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06398-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge