Author | Aune, Bruce. author |
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Title | Reason and Action [electronic resource] / by Bruce Aune |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1977 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1271-3 |
Descript | XII, 207 p. online resource |
I Theories of Action -- 1. Prichardโs Theory of Voluntary Activity -- 2. Prichard, Davidson, and the Notion of Agency -- 3. Objections and Qualifications -- 4. Secondary Uses of Action Language -- 5. Three Theories of Action -- 6. The Metaphysics or Ontology of Action -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- II The Springs of Action -- 1. Preliminary Remarks on Volition -- 2. Intentions and Other Pro Attitudes -- 3. Intention, Belief, and Action -- 4. A Conception of Volition -- 5. Reasons and Purposive Explanations -- 6. Voluntary and Intentional Action -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- III Deliberation -- 1. Aristotle on Deliberation -- 2. Decision and Choice -- 3. Deliberation and Ends -- 4. The Question of Validity -- 5. Deliberation and Choice -- 6. Bayesian Deliberation -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- IV The Logic of Practical Reasoning -- 1. Sellarsโs Theory of Practical Inference -- 2. Binkleyโs Theory of Practical Reasoning -- 3. Castaรฑedaโs General Theory of the Language of Action -- 4. Normative Statements and Practical Reasoning -- 5. Concluding Remarks