(Ratio Special Issues) 1st Edition
by Maximilian de Gaynesford (Editor)
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
- Features seven internationally significant
authors, including new work by two of philosophy's ‘super stars’, John
McDowell and Joseph Raz
- Presents the first clear
indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on
intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action
and agency
- Covers all the major interconnections
between action-agency and central areas of Philosophy: Metaphysics,
Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of
Language
- Provides a snapshot of current debate on the subject, which is fresh, enlightening, and fruitful
