How We Act Causes, Reasons, and Intentions |
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Author:
| Enç, Berent |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-920418-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2006 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $99.95AUD $90.86 |
Book Description:
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Talking about action comes easily to us. We quickly make distinctions between voluntary and non-voluntary actions; we think we can tell what intentions are; we are confident about evaluating reasons offered in rational justification of action. Berent Enç provides a philosopher's sustained examination of these issues: he portrays action as belonging to the causal order of events in nature, a theory from which new and surprising accounts of intention and voluntary action emerge....
More DescriptionTalking about action comes easily to us. We quickly make distinctions between voluntary and non-voluntary actions; we think we can tell what intentions are; we are confident about evaluating reasons offered in rational justification of action. Berent Enç provides a philosopher's sustained examination of these issues: he portrays action as belonging to the causal order of events in nature, a theory from which new and surprising accounts of intention and voluntary action emerge. Philosophers and cognitive scientists alike will find How We Act a provocative and enlightening read.