Philosophy of action: a contemporary introduction
This book offers an accessible and inclusive overview of the major debates in the philosophy of action. It covers the distinct approaches taken by Donald Davidson, G.E.M. Anscombe, and numerous others to answering questions like "what are intentional actions?" and "how do reasons expl...
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| Summary: | This book offers an accessible and inclusive overview of the major debates in the philosophy of action. It covers the distinct approaches taken by Donald Davidson, G.E.M. Anscombe, and numerous others to answering questions like "what are intentional actions?" and "how do reasons explain actions?" Further topics include intention, practical knowledge, weakness and strength of will, self-governance, and collective agency. With introductions, conclusions, and annotated suggested reading lists for each of theten chapters, it is an ideal introduction for advanced undergraduates as well as any philosopher seeking a primer on these issues |
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| adam_text | Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction: What Is the Philosophy of Action? I 2 What Is the Problem of Action? 8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 3 Activity and Passivity Goal-Directedness Attributability “Actish” Phenomenal Quality Voluntary Action Rational Action, or Acting forReasons Practical Knowledge Intentional Action Intention Autonomy, Identification, andSelf-Governance Further Choice Points 2.11a Which Cases Are Paradigmatic? 2.11 b Questions About Action:Conceptual or Ontological? Conclusion Suggested Reading 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 Action Explanation 17 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 18 19 20 22 22 24 29 33 35 36 37 3.5 Guises of Rationalizing Explanation Reasons for Action: Motivating vs. Normative More on the “Why? Question Action Explanation: Four Views 3.4a The Rational Interpretation View 3.4b The Causal Theory of ActionExplanation 3.4c Teleological Realism 3.4d Naïve Action Theory Arational Action Summary Suggested Reading
vi Contents 4 The Ontology of Action 38 4.1 4.2 4.3 39 41 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 53 56 57 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 Intention 67 5.1 5.2 5.3 67 69 69 71 71 73 74 78 80 82 84 85 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 6 Which Things in the World Can Be Actions? Under a Description Basic Actions 4.3a Bodily Movements 4.3b Volitions 4.3c Beyond the Body The Accordion Effect How Many Actions? The Causal Theory of Action 4.6a Objection I : Deviant Causal Chains, Redux 4.6b Objection 2: The Disappearing Agent Alternatives to the Causal Theory 4.7a Quietism 4.7b Agent-Causation and Causal Powers 4.7c Formal Causation 4.7d An “Actish” Phenomenal Quality Omissions Mental Actions Summary Suggested Reading Methodological Priority: Present or Future? Goal States and Plan States Reductive Accounts of Intention 5.3a Predominant Desire 5.3b Predominant Desire Plus Belief 5.3c Evaluative Judgment Plan States and Plan Rationality Cognitivism About Intention A Distinctively Practical Attitude Intending and Intentional Action Summary Suggested Reading Practical Knowledge 86 6.1 86 87 88 88 89 89 90 6.2 What Do We Mean by “Practical Knowledge?” 6.1 a Knowledge Without Observation 6.1 b Knowledge Without Inference 6.1 c Mistakes Are in the Performance, Not the Judgment 6.1 d The Cause of What It Understands 6.1 e Contradicted by Interference The Scope and Object of Practical Knowledge
Contents 6.3 7 8 9 10 Accounts of Practical Knowledge 6.3a Cognitivism About Intention 6.3b Imperfective Knowledge 6.3c The Inferential Account Summary Suggested Reading vii 93 93 95 97 99 100 Does Action Have a Constitutive Aim? 101 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 102 105 107 109 110 110 112 113 The Guise of the Good The Aim of Self-Understanding The Aim of Self-Constitution The Will to Power No Constitutive Aim Implications for Ethics and Metaethics Summary Suggested Reading Identification and Self-Governance 114 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 115 116 118 119 120 121 123 123 Frankfurt on Identification Watson’s Objection and Platonic Alternative Frankfurt Redux: Wholeheartedness Bratman on Self-governing Policies Skepticism About Self-Governance: A Genealogical Worry Self-Governance and Plan Rationality Summary Suggested Reading Temptation, Weakness, and Strength of Will 125 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 127 128 130 131 133 135 139 140 Is Synchronic Akrasia Even Possible? A Failure of Reasoning? A Divergence Between Evaluation and Motivation? Is Akrasia Necessarily Irrational? Weakness of Will Over Time Self-Control Summary Suggested Reading Collective Agency 141 10.1 10.2 10.3 141 142 144 145 146 146 Questions and Constraints Group Agents Collective Intentions 10.3a Tuomela and Miller 10.3b Searle 10.3c Bratman
viii Contents 10.4 II 10.3d Velleman 10.3e Gilbert Acting Together Summary Suggested Reading Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Index 148 149 150 152 153 154 157 164
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Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction: What Is the Philosophy of Action? I 2 What Is the Problem of Action? 8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 3 Activity and Passivity Goal-Directedness Attributability “Actish” Phenomenal Quality Voluntary Action Rational Action, or Acting forReasons Practical Knowledge Intentional Action Intention Autonomy, Identification, andSelf-Governance Further Choice Points 2.11a Which Cases Are Paradigmatic? 2.11 b Questions About Action:Conceptual or Ontological? Conclusion Suggested Reading 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 Action Explanation 17 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 18 19 20 22 22 24 29 33 35 36 37 3.5 Guises of Rationalizing Explanation Reasons for Action: Motivating vs. Normative More on the “Why?" Question Action Explanation: Four Views 3.4a The Rational Interpretation View 3.4b The Causal Theory of ActionExplanation 3.4c Teleological Realism 3.4d Naïve Action Theory Arational Action Summary Suggested Reading
vi Contents 4 The Ontology of Action 38 4.1 4.2 4.3 39 41 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 53 56 57 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 Intention 67 5.1 5.2 5.3 67 69 69 71 71 73 74 78 80 82 84 85 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 6 Which Things in the World Can Be Actions? Under a Description Basic Actions 4.3a Bodily Movements 4.3b Volitions 4.3c Beyond the Body The Accordion Effect How Many Actions? The Causal Theory of Action 4.6a Objection I : Deviant Causal Chains, Redux 4.6b Objection 2: The Disappearing Agent Alternatives to the Causal Theory 4.7a Quietism 4.7b Agent-Causation and Causal Powers 4.7c Formal Causation 4.7d An “Actish” Phenomenal Quality Omissions Mental Actions Summary Suggested Reading Methodological Priority: Present or Future? Goal States and Plan States Reductive Accounts of Intention 5.3a Predominant Desire 5.3b Predominant Desire Plus Belief 5.3c Evaluative Judgment Plan States and Plan Rationality Cognitivism About Intention A Distinctively Practical Attitude Intending and Intentional Action Summary Suggested Reading Practical Knowledge 86 6.1 86 87 88 88 89 89 90 6.2 What Do We Mean by “Practical Knowledge?” 6.1 a Knowledge Without Observation 6.1 b Knowledge Without Inference 6.1 c Mistakes Are in the Performance, Not the Judgment 6.1 d The Cause of What It Understands 6.1 e Contradicted by Interference The Scope and Object of Practical Knowledge
Contents 6.3 7 8 9 10 Accounts of Practical Knowledge 6.3a Cognitivism About Intention 6.3b Imperfective Knowledge 6.3c The Inferential Account Summary Suggested Reading vii 93 93 95 97 99 100 Does Action Have a Constitutive Aim? 101 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 102 105 107 109 110 110 112 113 The Guise of the Good The Aim of Self-Understanding The Aim of Self-Constitution The Will to Power No Constitutive Aim Implications for Ethics and Metaethics Summary Suggested Reading Identification and Self-Governance 114 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 115 116 118 119 120 121 123 123 Frankfurt on Identification Watson’s Objection and Platonic Alternative Frankfurt Redux: Wholeheartedness Bratman on Self-governing Policies Skepticism About Self-Governance: A Genealogical Worry Self-Governance and Plan Rationality Summary Suggested Reading Temptation, Weakness, and Strength of Will 125 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 127 128 130 131 133 135 139 140 Is Synchronic Akrasia Even Possible? A Failure of Reasoning? A Divergence Between Evaluation and Motivation? Is Akrasia Necessarily Irrational? Weakness of Will Over Time Self-Control Summary Suggested Reading Collective Agency 141 10.1 10.2 10.3 141 142 144 145 146 146 Questions and Constraints Group Agents Collective Intentions 10.3a Tuomela and Miller 10.3b Searle 10.3c Bratman
viii Contents 10.4 II 10.3d Velleman 10.3e Gilbert Acting Together Summary Suggested Reading Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Index 148 149 150 152 153 154 157 164 |
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