Kinds of reasons : an essay in the philosophy of action / Dr Maria Alvarez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Álvarez, María.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 209 pages)

Other Title:

Essay in the philosophy of action

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding human beings and their distinctive rational and volitional capacities is one of the central tasks of philosophy. The task requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions and motives, and of how they combine to produce and explain human behaviour. In Kinds of Reasons, Maria Alvarez offers a fresh and incisive treatment of these issues, focusing in particular on reasons as they feature in contexts of agency. Her account builds on someimportant recent work in the area; but she takes her main inspiration from the tradition that receives its seminal contemporary

Contents:

Reasons

Reasons, kinds, ontology

Motivation and desires

Desires and motivating reasons

Beliefs and motivating reasons

The explanation of action.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-161393-2

0-19-968058-2

1-282-54455-1

9786612544552

0-19-157294-2

OCLC:

611590884