Charles Taylor

The Explanation of Behaviour

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Produktbeschreibung

A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology and a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism. Includes a new Preface by the author and a new Foreword by Alva Noë, setting the book in philosophical and historical context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367705220
• ISBN-10: 0367705222
• Artikelnr.: 69982983

Autorenporträt

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus at McGill University, Canada. The author of many books on social and political philosophy, the philosophy of mind and language and the history of philosophy, he is one of the best-known and widely read philosophers in the world. He is also a prominent figure in Canadian politics and is a prominent voice in debates about liberalism and multiculturalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Alva Noë Preface to the
Routledge Classics Edition Charles Taylor Part 1: Explanation by Purpose
1. Purpose and Teleology 2. Action and Desire 3. Intentionality 4. The Data
Language 5. The Problem of Verification Part 2: Theory and Fact 6. The
Determinants of Learning 7. What Is Learned? 8. Spatial Orientation 9. The
Direction of Behaviour 10. The Ends of Behaviour 11. Conclusion Index

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Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Alva Noë Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition Charles Taylor Part 1: Explanation by Purpose 1. Purpose and Teleology 2. Action and Desire 3. Intentionality 4. The Data Language 5. The Problem of Verification Part 2: Theory and Fact 6. The Determinants of Learning 7. What Is Learned? 8. Spatial Orientation 9. The Direction of Behaviour 10. The Ends of Behaviour 11. Conclusion Index

Rezensionen

"A vehemently interesting book. The philosophical part displays the most remarkable grasp of the contemporary philosophical situation and its historical roots... There is also a satisfactory absence of the tones and attitudes of any particular philosophical school." - Elizabeth Anscombe, The New Statesman

"A most valuable and systematic account of a major problem in the explanation of behaviour. His arguments are both powerful and of the greatest possible general interest." - Times Literary Supplement

"A vehemently interesting book. The philosophical part displays the most remarkable grasp of the contemporary philosophical situation and its historical roots... There is also a satisfactory absence of the tones and attitudes of any particular philosophical school." - Elizabeth Anscombe, The New Statesman

"A most valuable and systematic account of a major problem in the explanation of behaviour. His arguments are both powerful and of the greatest possible general interest." - Times Literary Supplement