Agency / Elisabeth Pacherie

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pacherie, Elisabeth, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in philosophy of mind

Cambridge elements. Elements in philosophy of mind, 2633-9080

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agent (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"In trying to spell out the distinction between activity and passivity and what is special about agency, philosophers have tended to focus on human intentional action as their paradigm case. Yet taking intentional agency as a starting point makes it difficult to offer positive accounts of more elementary forms of agency. I first present this classical approach and discuss some of its limitations. I then consider simpler forms of behavior and the minimal conditions they must meet to be considered genuine forms of agency. I then turn to conscious agency, examining the nature and sources of our conscious agentive states, their reliability and the causal role they may play in shaping our actions. Finally, I discuss joint agency, the different forms of coordination among agents on which the success of joint action depends, and the sense of agency in joint action"-- Cambridge Core

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Intentional agency -- Minimal forms of agency and their building blocks -- Conscious agency -- Shared agency

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 8, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Pacherie, Elisabeth Agency

ISBN:

9781009376310

1009376314

OCLC:

1574656633

Publisher Number:

CIPO000371118

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license