Motivation and agency / Alfred R. Mele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mele, Alfred R., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agent (Philosophy).

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is motivation, and what is its place in the lives of intelligent agents? This is Mele's guiding question. His search for an answer is sensitive to the theoretical concerns of philosophers of mind and action and moral philosophers, and is informed by empirical work in psychology.

Contents:

I. Motivation and Action. 1. Motivation and Desire. 2. Goal-Directed Action

II. Motivation and Normativity. 3. Reasons for Action and Action for Reasons. 4. The Motivational Power of Practical Reasoning. 5. Moral Motivation and Moral Ought-Beliefs: Internalism versus Externalism. 6. Attitudes That Essentially Encompass Motivation to Act

III. Strength and Control. 7. Motivational Strength. 8. Control and Self-Control

IV. Decision, Agency, and Belief. 9. Deciding. 10. Human Agency par Excellence. 11. Motivated Belief and Motivational Explanations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028876-0

0-19-518952-3

1-280-50244-4

9786610502448

0-19-803549-7

1-4237-8467-7

OCLC:

63293975