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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797220603321

Titolo

Agent, action, and reason / / editors, Robert Binkley, Richard Bronaugh, Ausonio Marras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1971

©1971

ISBN

1-4426-5696-4

1-4426-3365-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 pages)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

128/.3

Soggetti

Act (Philosophy)

Agent (Philosophy)

Reason

Human beings

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Papers and comments presented at the Fourth University of Western Ontario Philosophy Colloquium, November 1-3, 1968, together with three additional items"--Acknowledgments.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. Agency -- II. On the Logic of Intentional Action -- III. Wanting: Some Pitfalls -- IV. Two Problems about Reasons for Actions -- V. A Bibliography of the Philosophy of Action -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains the papers and commentaries presented at the fourth philosophy colloquium at the University of Western Ontario in November 1968. The papers examine, from different points of view, the central problems in the philosophy of action.