Action, intention, and reason, Robert Audi

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Action, intention, and reason, Robert Audi

Statement of responsibility

Robert Audi

Instantiates

• Action, intention, and reason

Publication

• Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1993

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Overview: Reason in Action. The Intentionalistic Grounds of Action --- Explanation by Reasons --- Freedom, Determinism, and the Scope of Responsibility --- Reason, Value, and the Rationality of Agents ---- Part I. Desire, Intention, and Volition. 1. The Concept of Wanting --- 2. Intending --- 3. Volition and Agency ---- Part II. The Explanation of Action. 4. Intentionalistic Explanations of Action --- 5. Wants and intentions in the Explanation of Action --- 6. Acting for Reasons ---- Part III. Freedom, Responsibility, and the Causation of Action. 7. Moral Responsibility, Freedom, and Compulsion --- 8. Self-Deception and Practical Reasoning --- 9. Responsible Action and Virtuous Character --- 10. Modalities of Knowledge and Freedom ---- Part IV. Rational Action. 11. Rationality and Valuation --- 12. Weakness of Will and Rational Action --- 13. An Internalist Conception of Rational Action

Control code

634768

Dimensions

23 cm.

Extent

xi, 362 p.

Isbn

9780801481055

Lccn

93022578

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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b5617155