The shape of agency : control, action, skill, knowledge / Joshua Shepherd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepherd, J. (Joshua), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agent (Philosophy).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (ix, 184 pages),

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Control, action, skill, knowledge

Place of Publication:

New York, New York State : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This publication offers an account of agency which explains the control agents have over their behaviour, the nature of intentional action, the nature of skill, and the role that knowledge plays in extending the reach of an agent's action and skill.

Contents:

Introduction

Control possession

Non-deviant causation

Varietals of control's exercise

Intentional action

The shape of agency

Skill

Knowledgeable action

Conclusion.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 7, 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-263631-6

0-19-189855-4

0-19-263630-8

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access