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UNINA9910961394203321 |
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Autore |
Davidson Donald <1917-2003> |
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Titolo |
Essays on actions and events / / Donald Davidson |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-171519-0 |
1-281-94416-5 |
9786611944162 |
0-19-152982-6 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 324 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Act (Philosophy) |
Events (Philosophy) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-319) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Actions, reasons, and causes -- How is weakness of the will possible? -- Agency -- Freedom to act -- Intending -- The logical form of action sentences; criticism, comment, and defence -- Causal relations -- The individuation of events -- Events as particulars -- Eternal vs. ephemeral events -- Mental events; appendix: emeroses by other names -- Psychology as philosophy -- The material mind -- Hempel on explaining action -- Hume's cognitive theory of pride. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Donald Davidson has prepared a new edition of his classic 1980 collection of Essays on Actions and Events, including two additional essays. |
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