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Understanding human beings & their distinctive rational & volitional capacities requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions, & motives, & how they combine to produce & explain human behaviour. Maria Alvarez presents a fresh & incisive study of these...

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Main Author: Alvarez, Maria, Ph. D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
Subjects:
Act (Philosophy)
Action (Philosophie)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Handelen.
Rationaliteit.
Motivatie.
Besluitvorming.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Understanding human beings & their distinctive rational & volitional capacities requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions, & motives, & how they combine to produce & explain human behaviour. Maria Alvarez presents a fresh & incisive study of these concepts, centred on reasons & their role in human agency.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 209 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
ISBN:9780191572944
0191572942
9780199550005
019955000X
9780191720239
0191720232