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Essays on Actions and Events

By Donald Davidson

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| Paperback | 9780198246374

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This collection brings together a series of connected essays on the nature of human action. Davidson argues for an ontology that includes events along with persons and other objects. Topics discussed include freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, Continue

This collection brings together a series of connected essays on the nature of human action. Davidson argues for an ontology that includes events along with persons and other objects. Topics discussed include freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 320 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0198246374
  • ISBN-13: 9780198246374
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Pub date: Oct 01, 1980
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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