Reasons in action : a reductionist account of intentional action / Ingmar Persson

Author:: Persson, Ingmar
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Acting and Thinking -- 2.The Purport of Reason-Conditionals -- 3.The Reference to Desire in Reasons for Action -- 4.Reasoning; about Means -- 5.The Intentionality of Actions: Basic and Non-Basic -- 6.Refraining: Its Nature and Normative Role.

Summary:

Ingmar Persson offers an original view of the processes of human action: deliberating on the basis of reasons for and against actions, making a decision about what to do, and implementing the decision in action in a way that makes the action intentional.

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ISBN:

9780191880391 (ebook)

Audience Notes:

Specialized.

Note:

This edition also issued in print: 2019.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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