Conversations on human action and practical rationality [[electronic resource]] / edited by Carlos Mauro, Sofia Miguens and Susana Cadilha

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787325303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013
• ISBN: 1-4438-5003-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Carlos Mauro; MiguensSofia; CadilhaSusana
• Disciplina: 150
• Soggetti: Human behavior; Practical reason
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; INTERVIEWS; ALFRED R.MELE; HUGH J.MCCANN; MICHAEL BRATMAN; GEORGE AINSLIE; DANIEL HAUSMAN; JOSHUA KNOBE; APPENDIX
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together leading scholars in the study of practical rationality and human action - namely, Alfred Mele, Hugh McCann, Michael Bratman, George Ainslie, Daniel Hausman and Joshua Knobe. They were interviewed by the editors in a project based at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Porto structured around the questions: 1) In your view, what are the most central (or important) problems in the philosophy of action? 2) For some or all of the following - action, agency, agent - what do they contrast with most significantly? 3) Which of these are liable to be rational/i