Time and the philosophy of action / edited by Roman Altschuler and Michael J. Sigrist.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Altschuler, Roman.

Sigrist, Michael J.

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 83.

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy ; 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although scholarship in philosophy of action has grown in recent years, there has been little work explicitly dealing with the role of time in agency, a role with great significance for the study of action. As the articles in this collection demonstrate, virtually every fundamental issue in the philosophy of action involves considerations of time. The four sections of this volume address the metaphysics of action, diachronic practical rationality, the relation between deliberation and action, and the phenomenology of agency, providing an overview of the central developments in each area with an emphasis on the role of temporality. Including contributions by established, rising, and new voices in the field, Time and the Philosophy of Action brings analytic work in philosophy of action together with contributions from continental philosophy and cognitive science to elaborate the central thesis that agency not only develops in time but is shaped by it at every level.

Contents:

pt. I. The metaphysics of action

pt. II. Diachronic practical rationality

pt. III. Deliberation, motivation, and agency

pt. IV. Phenomenology and the temporality of agency.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-81947-0

1-315-81930-9

1-317-81946-2

9781315819303

OCLC:

951711640