Natural Agency

Name: Natural Agency
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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An Essay on the Causal Theory of Action

Autor: John Bishop

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From a moral point of view we think of ourselves as capable of responsible actions. From a scientifi...

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John Bishop

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Publicat

1990

Pagini

224

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9780521374309

ISBN

0521374308

Enbook ID

02028837

Editura

Cambridge University Press

Greutate

430

Dimensiuni

140 x 216 x 16

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From a moral point of view we think of ourselves as capable of responsible actions. From a scientific point of view we think of ourselves as animals whose behaviour, however highly evolved, conforms to natural scientific laws. Natural Agency argues that these different perspectives can be reconciled, despite the scepticism of many philosophers who have argued that 'free will' is impossible under 'scientific determinism'. This scepticism is best overcome, according to the author, by defending a causal theory of action, that is by establishing that actions are constituted by behavourial events with the appropriate kind of mental causal history. He sets out a rich and subtle argument for such a theory and defends it against its critics. Thus the book demonstrates the importance of philosophical work in action theory for the central metaphysical task of understanding our place in nature.

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