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Practical knowledge : selected essays / Kieran Setiya.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Setiya, Kieran, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Oxford moral theory.
- Oxford moral theory
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Act (Philosophy).
- Intentionality (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 308 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- In this collection, Kieran Setiya explores the place of agency in ethics, arguing for a causal theory of intentional action on which it is understood through the knowledge embodied in our intentions, and against the rationalist project of deriving norms of practical reason from the nature of the will.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 5, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780190462932
- 0-19-046294-9
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