Kinds of reasons : an essay in the philosophy of action /

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Understanding human beings and their distinctive rational and volitional capacities is one of the central tasks of philosophy. The task requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions and motives, and of how they combine to produce and explain human behaviour. In Kinds of Reaso...

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Essay in the philosophy of action
1. Verfasser:
Álvarez, María
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
Understanding human beings and their distinctive rational and volitional capacities is one of the central tasks of philosophy. The task requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions and motives, and of how they combine to produce and explain human behaviour. In Kinds of Reasons, Maria Alvarez offers a fresh and incisive treatment of these issues, focusing in particular on reasons as they feature in contexts of agency. Her account builds on someimportant recent work in the area; but she takes her main inspiration from the tradition that receives its seminal contemporary
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1 online resource (x, 209 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-161393-2
0-19-968058-2
1-282-54455-1
9786612544552
0-19-157294-2
Schlagworte:
Act (Philosophy)
Philosophy.
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