Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers instead an agent causal view both todescribe what an action is and to set a framework for how actions are explained. JAMES SWINDAL is the Chair of the Philosophy Department at Duquesne University, USA. He is author of 'Reflection Revisited: Jürgen Habermas's DiscursiveTheory of Truth' and has published on topics in critical theory, neo-pragmatism, ethics, and Catholic philosophy. INDICE: Introduction: Action, Thought, Pragmatism - Neo-Pragmatism and itsCritics - Methodology: Reconstructive Dialectics - A History of Action Theory- Defining Actions - The Explanation of Action - A Material Explication of Agency - Agency and Existence - Bibliography - Endnotes -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-29667-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés