Shape of Agency - Control, Action, Skill, Knowledge

This book offers an account of agency which explains the control agents have over their behaviour, the nature of intentional action, the nature of skill, and the role that knowledge plays in extending the reach of an agent's action and skill.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Control


• 3: Non-deviant causation


• 4: Varietals of control's exercise


• 5: Intentional action


• 6: The shape of agency


• 7: Skill


• 8: Knowledgeable action


• 9: Conclusion

About the author

Joshua Shepherd is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, a Research Fellow at the University of Barcelona, where he is the Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project Rethinking Conscious Agency, and a Global Scholar in CIFAR's Azrieli program on Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. His work covers the philosophy of mind, action, psychology, and practical ethics. He is the author of Consciousness and Moral Status (Routledge, 2018).

Summary

This book offers an account of agency which explains the control agents have over their behaviour, the nature of intentional action, the nature of skill, and the role that knowledge plays in extending the reach of an agent's action and skill.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Shepherd, Joshua (Assistant Professor of Philosoph Shepherd
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2021
• EAN: 9780198866411
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886641-1
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge