Facing the future :: agents and choices in our indeterminist world /

In this elucidating work, the authors attempt to construct a logical analysis of human actions, focusing on those actions based on choice. Using their examination of "seeing to it that," they investigate a large number of topics, including imperatives, deontic logic, strategies, determinis...

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1. Verfasser: Belnap, Nuel, 1930-
Weitere Verfasser: Perloff, Michael, Xu, Ming, 1957-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Schriftenreihe:OUP E-Books.
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Zusammenfassung:In this elucidating work, the authors attempt to construct a logical analysis of human actions, focusing on those actions based on choice. Using their examination of "seeing to it that," they investigate a large number of topics, including imperatives, deontic logic, strategies, determinism, and promising assertion. One of the work's provocative conclusions is that one, actual future does not exist; instead, all possible futures are on par with one another.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 501 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-482) and index.
ISBN:1423762274
9781423762270
9780195138788
0195138783
1280481072
9781280481079
9786610481071
6610481075
0195350073
9780195350074