A theory of human action / Alvin I. Goldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, Alvin I., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1976.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book articulates an original scheme for the conceptualization of action. Beginning with a new approach to the individuation of acts, it delineates the relationships between basic and non-basic acts and uses these relationships in the definition of ability and intentional action. The author exhibits the central role of wants and beliefs in the causation of acts and in the analysis of the concept of action.Professor Goldman suggests answers to fundamental questions about acts, and develops a set of ideas and principles that can be used in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, ethics, and other fields, including the behavioral sciences.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Contents

II. The Structure of Action

III. Intentional Action

IV. Wanting

V. Explonofions of Action in the Behoviorol Sciences

VI. Determinism and Predictability

VII. Ability, Excuses, and Constraint

Epilogue

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2015).

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691616735

0691616736

9780691643977

0691643970

9780691019741

0691019746

9781400868971

1400868971

OCLC:

902958247