1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00017865

Autore

Astarita, Maria Laura

Titolo

Appiano e Frontone : rapporti sociali e culturali / Maria Laura Astarita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : [s.n.], 1992

Descrizione fisica

160-171 p. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estratto da: Miscellanea di studi in onore di Armando Salvatore (Pubblicazioni del Dipartimento di filologia classica dell'Università degli studi Federico II, n. 7)

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455097503321

Titolo

Mental actions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-34640-7

9786612346408

0-19-157008-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'BrienLucy <1964->

SoteriouMatthew

Disciplina

128/.4

Soggetti

Act (Philosophy)

Agent (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mental action : a case study / Alfred Mele -- Judging and the scope of



mental agency / Fabian Dorsch -- Reason in action / John Gibbons -- Reason, voluntariness, and moral responsibility / Thomas Pink -- Freedom and practical judgement / David Owens -- Two kinds of agency / Pamela Hieronymi -- Trying and acting / Brian O'Shaughnessy -- Perceptual activity and the will / Thomas Crowther -- Mental action and self-awareness  : epistemology / Christopher Peacocke -- Mental actions and the no-content problem / Lucy O'Brien -- Mental agency, conscious thinking, and phenomenal character / Matthew Soteriou -- Is there a sense of agency for thought? / Joelle Proust.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions -- imagining, remembering, judging, for instance? How should we explain our knowledge of our mental actions, and what light does that throw on self-knowledge in general? What contributions do mental actions make toour consciousness? What is the relationship between the voluntary and the active, in the mental sphere? What are