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Action and its explanation /

This volume pursues some novel and unusual standpoints in the philosophy of action. It rejects, for example, the most widely held view about how to count actions, and argues for what the author calls a 'prolific theory' of act individuation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruben, David-Hillel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2003.
Subjects:
Act (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Action (Philosophie)
Théorie de la connaissance.
epistemology.
Philosophy & Religion.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This volume pursues some novel and unusual standpoints in the philosophy of action. It rejects, for example, the most widely held view about how to count actions, and argues for what the author calls a 'prolific theory' of act individuation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191679155
0191679151