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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155278103321

Autore

Makowski Piotr Tomasz

Titolo

Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Action Theory [[electronic resource] ] : Reinterpretive Studies / / by Piotr Tomasz Makowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-40051-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 244 p.)

Disciplina

128.2

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Social sciences—Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind

Social Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction. Theory of Efficient Action--The Task of Reinterpretation -- 2. The Virtues and Vices of Kotarbiński’s Praxiology -- 3. Effectiveness and Efficiency. The Praxiological Sense of Actions -- 4. Consequences of Concretism: Rationality and Reasons for Action -- 5. The Organization of Actions and Planning -- 6. Automaticity and the Economization of Actions -- 7. Shared Agency. The Praxiological Approach -- Epilogue. .

Sommario/riassunto

The book introduces Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s philosophy of action into the mainstream of contemporary action-theoretical debates. Piotr Makowski shows that Kotarbiński–Alfred Tarski’s teacher and one of the most important philosophers of the renowned Lvov-Warsaw school—proposed a groundbreaking, original, and (in at least a few respects) still fresh perspective in action theorizing. The book examines and develops Kotarbiński’s ideas in the context of the most recent discussions in the philosophy of action. The main idea behind Kotarbiński’s action theory—and thus, behind this book—is the significance of the philosophical investigations of the general conditions of effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of intentional actions. Makowski presents and reinterprets Kotarbiński’s views on these dimensions of our activities and sheds new light on the most



important areas of action theory. .