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Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vi

Preface vii

1 Reasons for Action and Practical Reasoning 1
Maria Alvarez

2 Ambivalence and Authentic Agency 20
Laura W. Ekstrom

3 The Road to Larissa 39
John Hyman

4 What is the Content of an Intention in Action? 61
John McDowell

5 Being in the World 79
Joseph Raz

6 Moral Scepticism and Agency: Kant and Korsgaard 99
Robert Stern

7 Speech, Action and Uptake 121
Maximilian de Gaynesford

Index 138

Agents and Their Actions

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 28 July 2011
      ISBN-13 9781444339086
      978-1444339086
      ISBN-10 1444339087

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action.

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors vi

      Preface vii

      1 Reasons for Action and Practical Reasoning 1
      Maria Alvarez

      2 Ambivalence and Authentic Agency 20
      Laura W. Ekstrom

      3 The Road to Larissa 39
      John Hyman

      4 What is the Content of an Intention in Action? 61
      John McDowell

      5 Being in the World 79
      Joseph Raz

      6 Moral Scepticism and Agency: Kant and Korsgaard 99
      Robert Stern

      7 Speech, Action and Uptake 121
      Maximilian de Gaynesford

      Index 138

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