Acting Intentionally and Its Limits: Individuals, Groups, Institutions - Interdisciplinary Approaches

The book presents the first comprehensive survey of limits of the intentional control of action from an interdisciplinary perspective. It brings together leading scholars from philosophy, psychology, and the law to elucidate this theoretically and practically important topic from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary approaches. It provides reflections on conceptual foundations as well as a wealth of empirical data and will be a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.
Among the authors: Clancy Blair, Todd S. Braver, Michael W. Cole, Anika Fäsche, Maayan Davidov, Peter Gollwitzer, Kai Robin Grzyb, Tobias Heikamp, Gabriele Oettingen, Rachel McKinnon, Nachschon Meiran, Hans Christian Röhl, Michael Schmitz, John R. Searle, Gottfried Seebaß, Gisela Trommsdorff, Felix Thiede, J. Lukas Thürmer, Frank Wieber.

About the author

Dr. Gottfried Seebaß (1937- 2008) war evangelischer Theologe. Von 1978 bis 2002 war er Professor für Historische Theologie an der Universität Heidelberg, von 1996 bis 2000 war er Präsident der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Dr. Gottfried Seebaß hielt Gastvorlesungen in den USA und Australien.

Product details

• Assisted by: Peter M. Gollwitzer (Editor), Peter M Gollwitzer (Editor), Michae Schmitz (Editor), Michael Schmitz (Editor), Gottfried Seebaß (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9783110284430
• ISBN: 978-3-11-028443-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 24 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Illustrations: 6 b/w ill., 1 b/w tbl.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous