Causalism - Unifying Action and Free Action

Carolina Sartorio argues for a naturalistic conception of agency and free agency that unifies them under the thesis that actions/free actions are behaviors that have the right kinds of causes or explanations. The result is a compelling view of practical agency taking in key metaphysical notions such as causation, grounding, absences, and powers.

List of contents

• 1: Three Causalisms


• 2: Motivations


• 3: Causalism under the Microscope


• 4: Reasons and their Absences


• 5: Enriched Causalism


• 6: Causalism under Indeterminism


• 7: Conclusions


• References

About the author

Carolina Sartorio received her BA in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires in 1996 and her PhD in Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. She is currently Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, New Brunswick. Before teaching at Rutgers, she taught at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on causation, moral responsibility, agency, free will, and other issues at the intersection of metaphysics, the philosophy of action, and ethics.

Summary

Carolina Sartorio argues for a naturalistic conception of agency and free agency that unifies them under the thesis that actions/free actions are behaviors that have the right kinds of causes or explanations. The result is a compelling view of practical agency taking in key metaphysical notions such as causation, grounding, absences, and powers.

Product details

• Authors: Carolina Sartorio, Prof Carolina (Rutgers University) Sartorio
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.09.2023
• EAN: 9780192874726
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287472-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy