{"product_id":"philosophy-of-action-isbn-9781118604533","title":"Philosophy of Action","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Action: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is an authoritative collection of key work by top scholars, arranged thematically and accompanied by expert introductions written by the editors. This unique collection brings together a selection of the most influential essays from the 1960s to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn invaluable collection that brings together a selection of the most important classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of action, from the 1960’s to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo other broad-ranging and detailed coverage of this kind currently exists in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach themed section opens with a synoptic introduction and includes a comprehensive further reading list to guide students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes sections on action and agency, willing and trying, intention and intentional action, acting for a reason, the explanation of action, and free agency and responsibility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten and organised in a style that allows it to be used as a primary teaching resource in its own right\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Philosophical Investigations §§611–628 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Action and Agency 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Agency 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Shooting, Killing and Dying 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Problem of Action 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry G. Frankfurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Agents and their Actions 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Alvarez and John Hyman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Agency and Actions 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Hornsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Willing and Trying 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Acting, Willing, Desiring 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. A. Prichard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Will 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilbert Ryle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Acting and Trying to Act 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Hornsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Action and Volition 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. J. Lowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Intention and Intentional Action 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Intention §§1–9 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG. E. M. Anscombe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Knowing What I Am Doing 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith S. Donnellan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Intending 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Two Faces of Intention 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Bratman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Acting As One Intends 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn McDowell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Intentional Action and Side Effects in Ordinary Language 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Knobe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Toxin Puzzle 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory S. Kavka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Ontology of Social Agency 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick Stoutland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Acting for a Reason 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IV 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Actions, Reasons, and Causes 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 How to Act for a Good Reason 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Dancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Acting for a Reason 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine Korsgaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Arational Actions 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosalind Hursthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Agency, Reason, and the Good 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Raz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Skepticism About Weakness of Will 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Explanation of Action 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part V 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Explanation in Science and in History §§1–3 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl G. Hempel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Rationale of Actions 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Dray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Explanation in Science and in History §§4–7 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl G. Hempel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Explanatory Role of Being Rational 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Conceivability of Mechanism 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Malcolm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Action, Causality, and Teleological Explanation 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur W. Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Psychological vs. Biological Explanations of Behavior 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred Dretske\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Free Agency and Responsibility 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VI 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Human Freedom and the Self 347\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoderick Chisholm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry G. Frankfurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Responsibility, Control, and Omissions 360\u003cbr\u003eJohn Martin Fischer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Impossibility of Ultimate Responsibility? 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalen Strawson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Moral Responsibility and the Concept of Agency 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Steward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Free Will and Science 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred R. Mel\u003c\/i\u003ee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Dancy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin and at the University of Reading, UK. An internationally known specialist in ethics, epistemology, and early modern philosophy, Professor Dancy is author of five books: \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1985), \u003ci\u003eBerkeley: an Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1987), \u003ci\u003eMoral Reasons\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1993), \u003ci\u003ePractical Reality\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and \u003ci\u003eEthics Without Principles\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstantine Sandis\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things We Do and Why We Do Them\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and the editor or co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Essays on Action Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Philosophy of Action\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), \u003ci\u003eHegel on Action\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the best conspectus of the philosophy of action since 1945 I have seen: an excellent selection of articles, nicely organized, with concise and reliable introductions that guide the reader deftly through each topic.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Hyman, The Queen’s College, Oxford, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Action: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers the reader thirty-seven of the best previously published\u003cbr\u003epapers on action in the last half-century or so. It is far more comprehensive than earlier collections and has minimal overlap with them. Each of the six parts commences with a helpful overview by the editors of the issues and problems that arise in the papers. They skillfully set the stage for the papers that follow. The collection will not only become first choice as the text for courses in the Philosophy of Action, but will be of great use to the professional philosopher of action, who will have these papers collected in one convenient place for the first time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid-Hillel Ruben, University of London, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Action: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a selection of the most influential classic and\u003cbr\u003econtemporary essays on the subject by leading scholars, from the 1960s to the present day. In creating a unique collection of essays on the subject, the book answers a pressing need for an anthology in which many voices contribute to offer an introductory and unprecedented survey of the field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays, arranged thematically and accompanied by expert introductions written by the editors, cover action and agency, volition and causation, intention and intentional action, reasons and motivation, the explanation of action, and responsibility and free agency. Edited by leading scholars in philosophy, both highly regarded for their work in the area, this is an invaluable resource for teaching upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of action, and as a general reference volume of seminal papers on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989779661029,"sku":"NP9781118604533","price":93.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118604533.jpg?v=1761785438","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/philosophy-of-action-isbn-9781118604533","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}