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Acting intentionally and its limits : individuals, groups, institutions : interdisciplinary approaches / edited by Gottfried Seebass, Michael Schmitz, and Peter M. Gollwitzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intentionality (Philosophy).
- Act (Philosophy).
- Control (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book presents the first comprehensive survey of limits of the intentional control of action from an interdisciplinary perspective. It brings together leading scholars from philosophy, psychology, and the law to elucidate this theoretically and practically important topic from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary approaches. It provides reflections on conceptual foundations as well as a wealth of empirical data and will be a valuable resource for students and researchers alike. Among the authors: Clancy Blair, Todd S. Braver, Michael W. Cole, Anika Fäsche, Maayan Davidov, Peter Gollwitzer, Kai Robin Grzyb, Tobias Heikamp, Gabriele Oettingen, Rachel McKinnon, Nachschon Meiran, Hans Christian Röhl, Michael Schmitz, John R. Searle, Gottfried Seebaß, Gisela Trommsdorff, Felix Thiede, J. Lukas Thürmer, Frank Wieber.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction / Seebaß, Gottfried / Schmitz, Michael / Gollwitzer, Peter M.
- Intentions, Actions and Explanations / Searle, John R.
- Limits of Intention and the Representational Mind / Schmitz, Michael
- German Private Law's Approach to Intentionality / Thiede, Felix
- Legislator's Intent - Limits of a Concept / Röhl, Hans Christian
- Intentional Action Control in Individuals and Groups / Wieber, Frank / Thürmer, J. Lukas / Gollwitzer, Peter M.
- Foreseeing Obstacles: Mental Contrasting and Intention Formation / Oettingen, Gabriele
- Development of Self-Regulation in Context / Heikamp, Tobias / Trommsdorff, Gisela / Fäsche, Anika
- The Socialization of Self-Regulation from a Domains Perspective / Davidov, Maayan
- Experiential Canalization Model of Executive Function Development: Implications for the Origins and Limits of Intentionality in Children / Blair, Clancy / McKinnon, Rachel
- When Planning Results in Loss of Control: Intention-Based Reflexivity and Proactive Control / Meiran, Nachshon / Cole, Michael W. / Braver, Todd S.
- Mechanisms of Switching Intentions: Inhibition Promotes Flexibility in Sequential Action Selection / Grzyb, Kai Robin
- About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783110284461
- 3110284464
- OCLC:
- 851970546
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