Maximilian de Gaynesford

Broschiertes Buch

Agents and Their Actions

Beschreibung

Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissionedessays by leading international philosophers that highlight themost recent debates in the philosophy of action

Features seven internationally significant authors, includingnew work by two of philosophy s 'super stars', JohnMcDowell and Joseph Raz

Presents the first clear indication of how John McDowell isextending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptualexperience towards an account of action and agency

Covers all the major interconnections between action-agencyand central areas of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Historyof Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language

Provides a snapshot of current debate on the subject, which isfresh, enlightening, and fruitful

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.

Produktdetails

• Ratio Special Issues
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 163g
• ISBN-13: 9781444339086
• ISBN-10: 1444339087
• Artikelnr.: 33239023