Negative actions: events, absences, and the metaphysics of agency
"Negative actions (intentional omissions, refrainments, etc.) seem to be genuine actions. The standard metaphysical theories of action are event-based: they treat actions as events of a special kind. But it seems that many (and perhaps all) negative actions are, not events, but absences thereof...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Negative actions (intentional omissions, refrainments, etc.) seem to be genuine actions. The standard metaphysical theories of action are event-based: they treat actions as events of a special kind. But it seems that many (and perhaps all) negative actions are, not events, but absences thereof. In this book, I provide a comprehensive treatment of this problem and its solution. I trace the appearance that negative actions are mere absences to the widely-assumed view that negative action sentences (sentences which describe an agent as omitting, refraining, etc.) are negative existentials, reporting the non-occurrence of an event of a certain kind. I argue, on the contrary, that such sentences report the occurrence of an event, not the absence of one. Moreover, I show how these events can be identified with ordinary, positive events of the sort we should already have in our ontology. In developing these views, I provide a comprehensive picture of the metaphysics of negative actions, the nature of our thought and talk about them, and their place in a theory of action and agency"-- |
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| adam_text | Contents page vii Acknowledgements Introduction i 1 9 Action and Ontology 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 Introduction Negative Actions The Problem Conclusion 68 Introduction Powers, Manifestations, and MMAs ‘Mere Intentional Behaviours’ Conclusion 68 69 77 84 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences I: The Case for Deflationism 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 43 43 43 34 66 Mere Manifestations of Agency? 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4 9 9 20 42 The Problem of Negative Action 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 Introduction Action Ontology Conclusion Introduction The Neo-Davidsonian Approach to Action Sentences Negative Action Sentences: Deflationism and the Simple NeoDavidsonian Approach Three Problems with Adverbs An Unsatisfying Response Conclusion V 86 86 88 93 97 103 in
Contents VI 5 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences II: A Neo-Davidsonian Approach 5· i 3.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 6 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences III: The Approach Defended 6. i 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 7 Introduction Perceptual Locutions Adverbs Again Comparison to Alternatives Conclusion Realizer-Functionalism and the Metaphysicsof Events 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8 Introduction The Sophisticated Neo-Davidsonian Approach: A Sketch The Sophisticated Neo-Davidsonian Approach: The Details Negation and Positive Action Sentences Conclusion Introduction A Tale of Two Functionalisms A Problem for Realizer-Functionalism Solving the Problem Conclusion Objections 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Introduction Spatiotemporal Location Modal Profiles Causal Roles Some Lingering Arguments Conclusion 11 շ 112 112 119 134 137 138 138 138 150 157 166 168 168 168 172 180 189 190 190 190 197 201 209 221 Conclusion 222 References Index 22 5 236
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Contents page vii Acknowledgements Introduction i 1 9 Action and Ontology 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 Introduction Negative Actions The Problem Conclusion 68 Introduction Powers, Manifestations, and MMAs ‘Mere Intentional Behaviours’ Conclusion 68 69 77 84 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences I: The Case for Deflationism 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 43 43 43 34 66 Mere Manifestations of Agency? 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4 9 9 20 42 The Problem of Negative Action 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 Introduction Action Ontology Conclusion Introduction The Neo-Davidsonian Approach to Action Sentences Negative Action Sentences: Deflationism and the Simple NeoDavidsonian Approach Three Problems with Adverbs An Unsatisfying Response Conclusion V 86 86 88 93 97 103 in
Contents VI 5 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences II: A Neo-Davidsonian Approach 5· i 3.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 6 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences III: The Approach Defended 6. i 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 7 Introduction Perceptual Locutions Adverbs Again Comparison to Alternatives Conclusion Realizer-Functionalism and the Metaphysicsof Events 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8 Introduction The Sophisticated Neo-Davidsonian Approach: A Sketch The Sophisticated Neo-Davidsonian Approach: The Details Negation and Positive Action Sentences Conclusion Introduction A Tale of Two Functionalisms A Problem for Realizer-Functionalism Solving the Problem Conclusion Objections 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Introduction Spatiotemporal Location Modal Profiles Causal Roles Some Lingering Arguments Conclusion 11 շ 112 112 119 134 137 138 138 138 150 157 166 168 168 168 172 180 189 190 190 190 197 201 209 221 Conclusion 222 References Index 22 5 236 |
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