{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-philosophy-of-action-hardback-9781405187350","title":"A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (Hardback) 9781405187350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Philosophy of Action\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This companion is a welcome addition to philosophical literature, asserting a kind of sovereignty over a territory often visited in philosophical discussions of mind, ethics and metaphysics, but not given any kind of independence. In asking us to regard the human action not merely as a part of other areas of philosophical investigation, but as one worth considering on its own, this Companion should be applauded. One particularly good feature of the book is that all the entries are substantial: while one can treat it as a reference work, readers will find it rewarding to read straight through the entries in a given section.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eSamuel Guttenplan, Birkbeck, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy O'Connor (Edited by), T O′Connor (Author), Constantine Sandis (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405187350, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e664 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.6 x 18.3 x 4.2 cm, 1.334 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I recommend this volume to all those with any interest in the concepts treated in the philosophy of action.”  (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The collection is a critically important resource for scholars of the philosophy of action. The overall clarity of the entries, moreover, also makes it accessible as a resource for undergraduate and graduate students working in the area. Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty\/researchers.\" (Choice, 1 March 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"O'Connor and Sandis have edited a wide-ranging, accessible collection that will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of action. Highly recommended.\" (Metapsychology Online Reviews, 12 April 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Philosophy of Action\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of the issues and problems central to the philosophy of action.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first volume to survey the entire field of philosophy of action (the central issues and processes relating to human actions) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses a range of ideas and doctrines, including rationality, free will and determinism, virtuous action, criminal responsibility, Attribution Theory, and rational agency in evolutionary perspective \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndividual chapters also cover prominent historic figures from Plato to Ricoeur \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCan be approached as a complete narrative, but also serves as a work of reference \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers rich insights into an area of philosophical thought that has attracted thinkers since the time of the ancient Greeks \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Acts and Actions 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Action Theory and Ontology 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. J. Lowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Basic Actions and Individuation 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstantine Sandis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Trying to Act 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Hornsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Bodily Movements 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrian Haddock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Causal Theory of Action 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWayne A. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Adverbs of Action and Logical Form 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirk Ludwig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Refraining, Omitting, and Negative Acts 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKent Bach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Speech Acts 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitchell S. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Collective Action 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Habitual Actions 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill Pollard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Cambridge Actions 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid-Hillel Ruben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Pluralism about Action 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElijah Millgram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Agency and Causation 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Volition and the Will 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura W. Ekstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Intention 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred R. Mele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Desire and Pleasure 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy Schroeder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Teleological Explanation 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Sehon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Reasons and Causes 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy O’Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Triggering and Structuring Causes 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred Dretske\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Motivating Reasons 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Everson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Humeanism about Motivation 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Deviant Causal Chains 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRowland Stout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Action Explanation and the Unconscious 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Harcourt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Mental Causation and Epiphenomenalism 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Heil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Explanatory Role of Consciousness 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Eilan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 What a Difference Emotions Make 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabine A. Döring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Agency, Patiency, and Personhood 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoran Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Mental Acts 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoëlle Proust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Agent Causation 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandolph Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Bodily Awareness and Bodily Action 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHong Yu Wong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Agents’ Knowledge 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohannes Roessler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Practical Reasoning 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBart Streumer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Deliberation and Decision 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Pettit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Motivational Strength 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred R. Mele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Addiction and Compulsion 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeil Levy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Akrasia and Irrationality 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSergio Tenenbaum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Action in Special Contexts 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Rationality 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Broome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Motivational Internalism and Externalism 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG. F. Schueler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Free Will and Determinism 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Pink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Responsibility and Autonomy 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Martin Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Virtuous Action 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosalind Hursthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Doctrine of Double Effect 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Oderberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Action and Criminal Responsibility 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. A. Duff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Intention in Law 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGideon Yaffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Scientifi c Challenges to Free Will 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEddy Nahmias\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Intentional Action in Folk Psychology 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertram F. Malle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Attribution Theory 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard Weiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Rational Agency in Evolutionary Perspective 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Sterelny and Ben Jeffares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Animal Agency 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans-Johann Glock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Action in Cognitive Ethology 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarc Bekoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Action in History and Social Science 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 The Prediction of Action 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNassim N. Taleb and Avital Pilpel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Prominent Figures 417\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Indian Philosophers 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElisa Freschi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Plato 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine J. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Aristotle 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula Coope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Stoics, Epicureans, and Aristotelians 447\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eT. H. Irwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Augustine and Aquinas 459\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Boulter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Duns Scotus 466\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Thomas Hobbes 473\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Pink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Descartes 481\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Hoffman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Locke 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Stuart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Berkeley 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Stoneham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Thomas Reid 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Alvarez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 Hume 513\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnette C. Baier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Kant 521\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Watkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 Nietzsche 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Leiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 Hegel 537\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Quante\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 Weber 546\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKieran Allen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Wittgenstein 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeverin Schroeder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Ryle 562\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Tanney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Sartre 570\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine J. Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 Chisholm 578\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. Zimmerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Von Wright 589\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick Stoutland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Davidson 598\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalf Stoecker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Anscombe 606\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoger Teichmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Ricoeur 613\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna C. 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