Essays on Actions and Events
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Author Description
Including two new essays, this remarkable volume is an updated edition of Davidson's classic Essays on Actions and Events (1980). A superb work on the nature of human action, it features influential discussions of numerous topics. These include the freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory.
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THE THESIS
This volume investigates the logical structure of human action and the causal relationships that define intentional behavior. Donald Davidson, a prominent figure in 20th-century analytic philosophy, utilizes formal logic and linguistic analysis to examine how agents interact with the world. The text argues for a unified theory of action that reconciles the mental states of an agent with the physical events occurring in the external environment.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Logical analysis of action sentences and causal statements
- Examination of the freedom to act and the weakness of the will
- Theoretical frameworks regarding practical reasoning and decision theory
- Critical engagement with Humean theories of indirect passions
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this collection as a foundational text in the philosophy of action and mind. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which requires a strong background in analytic philosophy to fully grasp the arguments presented.
Page Count:
352
Publication Date:
2001-12-06
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
ISBN-10:
0199246270
ISBN-13:
9780199246274
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Logic
Act Philosophy
Ethics
Epistemology
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