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Agents and Their Actions
Contributor(s): de Gaynesford, Maximilian (Editor)
ISBN: 1444339087     ISBN-13: 9781444339086
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $35.63  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - General
- Philosophy | Movements - Humanism
Dewey: 128.4
LCCN: 2011015193
Series: Ratio Special Issues
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.52" W x 8.53" (0.36 lbs) 152 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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