The nature of human action / edited by Myles Brand ; William K. Frankena, academic editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brand, Myles, editor.

Frankena, William K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings.

Act (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Glenview, Ill.] : Scott, Foresman and Company, [1970]

Contents:

Section I. Action and Behavior : On Defining "A Person Performs an Action"

Mere Behavior. Physiological Happenings and Bodily Actions / A.I. Melden

Behavior Plus Some Concurrent Event. Action Equals Bodily Movement Plus Motive / A.I. Melden

Voluntary Behavior. From Ethica Nicomachea / Aristotle. The Distinction Between Voluntary and Involuntary / Gilbert Ryle

Volitions. Acting, Willing, Desiring / H.A. Prichard. Simple Action and Volition / Richard Taylor. The Will / Gilbert Ryle. Actions, Reasons, and Causes / Donald Davidson

Conditionals. From Ethica Nicomachea / Aristotle. Choosing / T.F. Daveney

Rule-Following. Action / A.I. Melden

Responsibility. Responsibility and Action / Kurt Baier. Ascriptivism / P.T. Geach

Section II. Ability and Possibility : On Defining "A Person can Perform an Action

Physical Possibility. Ability as a Species of Possibility / Storrs McCall

Conditionals. Free Will" / G.E. Moore. Freedom and Responsibility / P.H. Nowell-Smith. Ifs and Cans / J.L. Austin. Ifs, Cans and Causes / Keith Lehrer

Mr. Lehrer on the Constitution of Cans / Bruce Goldberg & Herbert Heidelberger. Cans and Conditionals : A Rejoinder / Keith Lehrer

J.L. Austin's Philosophical Papers / Roderick M. Chisholm

Ability. Ability / Arnold S. Kaufman. Voluntary Abilities / Timothy Duggan & Bernard Gert

Section III. Action and Logical Systems : Systematic Definitions of "A Person Performs an Action" and "A Person can Perform an Action"

Historical Background. From Essays on the Active Powers of Man / Thomas Reid

Action Description. On the Characterization of Actions / Micholas Rescher

The Epistemic-Model Approach. Basic Actions / Arthur C. Danto

The Teleological Approach. Thought and Purpose / Richard Taylor. Freedom and Action / Roderick M. Chisholm. He Could Have Done Otherwise / Roderick M. Chisholm

The Event Approach. The Logic of Change and Action / Georg Henrik von Wright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-342).

Other Format:

Online version: Brand, Myles. Nature of human action.

OCLC:

62230