Author | Weinberger, Ota. author |
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Title | Alternative Action Theory [electronic resource] : Simultaneously a Critique of Georg Henrik von Wright's Practical Philosophy / by Ota Weinberger |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5062-0 |
Descript | XVII, 320 p. online resource |
1. The Nature of Logic and the Concept of the Logic of Norms -- 2. Once More: Is and Ought. The action-theoretical approach -- 3. Practical Rationality -- 4. Design of an Alternative Action Theory -- 5. Fundamental Concepts and Theses of the Formal-Finalistic Action Theory -- 6. On the Idea of Practical Inference. Simultaneously a study on the relationship between mental operations and actions -- 7. From Deontic Logic to the Genuine Logic of Norms -- 8. Is Willing Liberum Arbitrium? -- 9. Action and Institution -- 10. The Democracy Problem from a Neo-Institutionalistic Point of View -- Appendix: Homage to Georg Henrik von Wright -- 1. Philosophical analysis and philosophical cognition -- 2. Countertheses against Wittgenstein's metaphilosophy -- 3. Does philosophy deal with linguistic problems or with material ones? -- 4. The source of philosophical argumentation -- 5. Are there genuine philosophical problems? -- 6. Concluding remark -- Appendix (written in 1995) -- Index of Proper Names -- Index of Subjects