Causing human actions : new perspectives on the causal theory of action / / edited by Jesús H. Aguilar and Andrei A. Buckareff

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 128/.4
• Soggetto topico: Act (Philosophy); Action theory; Intentionality (Philosophy)
• Persona (resp. second.): AguilarJesús H.; BuckareffAndrei A.
• Note generali: "A Bradford book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The Causal Theory of Action: Origins and Issues; 2 Renewed Questions about the Causal Theory of Action; 3 The Standard Story of Action: An Exchange (1); 4 The Standard Story of Action: An Exchange (2); 5 Skepticism about Natural Agency and the Causal Theory of Action; 6 Agential Systems, Causal Deviance, and Reliability; 7 What Are You Causing in Acting?; 8 Omissions and Causalism; 9 Intentional Omissions; 10 Comments on Clarke's "Intentional Omissions"; 11 Reply to Sartorio; 12 Causal and Deliberative Strength of Reasons for Action ; 13 Teleological Explanations of Actions14 Teleology and Causal Understanding in Children's Theory of Mind; 15 Action Theory Meets Embodied Cognition; 16 Intentions as Complex Dynamical Attractors; 17 The Causal Theory of Action and the Still Puzzling Knobe Effect; References; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "The causal theory of action (CTA) is widely recognized in the literature of the philosophy of action as the "standard story" of human action and agency - the nearest approximation in the field to a theoretical orthodoxy. This volume brings together leading figures working in action theory today to discuss issues relating to the CTA and its applications, which range from experimental philosophy to moral psychology. Some of the contributors defend the theory while others criticize it; some draw from historical sources while others focus on recent developments; some rely on the tools of analytic philosophy while others cite the latest empirical research on human action. All agree, however, on the centrality of the CTA in the philosophy of action.; The contributors first consider metaphysical issues, then reasons-explanations of action, and, finally, new directions for thinking about the CTA. They discuss such topics as the tenability of some alternatives to the CTA; basic causal deviance; the etiology of action; teleologism and anticausalism; and the compatibility of the CTA with theories of embodied cognition. Two contributors engage in an exchange of views on intentional omissions that stretches over four essays, directly responding to each other in their follow-up essays."--Pub. desc.
• Titolo autorizzato: Causing human actions
• ISBN: 0-262-28913-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821355203321
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