A Companion to the Philosophy of Action
Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Editor(s): Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis
Published Online: 29 JUL 2010
Print ISBN: 9781405187350
Online ISBN: 9781444323528
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323528
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A Companion to the Philosophy of Action offers a comprehensive overview of the issues and problems central to the philosophy of action.
- The first volume to survey the entire field of philosophy of action (the central issues and processes relating to human actions)
- Brings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts
- Discusses a range of ideas and doctrines, including rationality, free will and determinism, virtuous action, criminal responsibility, Attribution Theory, and rational agency in evolutionary perspective
- Individual chapters also cover prominent historic figures from Plato to Ricoeur
- Can be approached as a complete narrative, but also serves as a work of reference
- Offers rich insights into an area of philosophical thought that has attracted thinkers since the time of the ancient Greeks