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Informationen zum Autor Maximilian de Gaynesford is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. A previous Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford, de Gaynesford is the author of I: The Meaning of the First Person Term (2006), Hilary Putnam (2006), John McDowell (2004), and a number of articles on the philosophy of mind and language, moral philosophy, and aesthetics. Klappentext Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action* Features seven internationally significant authors, including new work by two of philosophy's 'super stars', John McDowell and Joseph Raz* Presents the first clear indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action and agency* Covers all the major interconnections between action-agency and central areas of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language* Provides a snapshot of current debate on the subject, which is fresh, enlightening, and fruitful Zusammenfassung Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors vi Preface vii 1 Reasons for Action and Practical Reasoning 1 Maria Alvarez 2 Ambivalence and Authentic Agency 20 Laura W. Ekstrom 3 The Road to Larissa 39 John Hyman 4 What is the Content of an Intention in Action? 61 John McDowell 5 Being in the World 79 Joseph Raz 6 Moral Scepticism and Agency: Kant and Korsgaard 99 Robert Stern 7 Speech, Action and Uptake 121 Maximilian de Gaynesford Index 138 ...
