Action and its explanation / David-Hillel Ruben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruben, David-Hillel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

vii, 240 pages .; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

David-Hillel Ruben mounts a defence of some unusual and original positions in the philosophy of action. Written from a point of view out of sympathy with the assumptions of much of contemporary philosophical action theory, his book draws its inspiration from philosophers as diverse as Aristotle, Berkeley, and Marx. Ruben's work is located in the tradition of the metaphysics of action, and will attract much attention from his peers and from students in the field.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-238) and index.

Includes "Appendix on the epistemology of action: certain and basic physical action."

ISBN:

0198235887

OCLC:

52437921