Faces of Intention: Selected Essays on Intention and Agency

by Michael E. Bratman

• ISBN13: 9780521631310
• ISBN10: 0521631319
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This collection of essays by one of the most prominent and internationally respected philosophers of action theory is concerned with deepening our understanding of the notion of intention. These essays enrich Bratman's account of commitment involved in intending, and explore its implications for our understanding of temptation and self-control, shared intention and shared cooperative activity, and moral responsibility. This collection will be a valuable resource for a wide range of philosophers and their students, and will also be of interest to social and developmental psychologists, AI researchers, and game and decision theorists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
1 Introduction: Planning Agents in a Social World	1	(14)
PART ONE. ACCEPTANCE AND STABILITY	15	(78)
2 Practical Reasoning and Acceptance in a Context	15	(20)
3 Planning and Temptation	35	(23)
4 Toxin, Temptation, and the Stability of Intention	58	(35)
PART TWO. SHARED AGENCY	93	(72)
5 Shared Cooperative Activity	93	(16)
6 Shared Intention	109	(21)
7 Shared Intention and Mutual Obligation	130	(12)
8 I Intend That We J	142	(23)
PART THREE. RESPONSIBILITY AND IDENTIFICATION	165	(44)
9 Responsibility and Planning	165	(20)
10 Identification, Decision, and Treating as a Reason	185	(24)
PART FOUR. CRITICAL STUDIES	209	(70)
11 Davidson's Theory of Intention	209	(16)
12 Castaneda's Theory of Thought and Action	225	(25)
13 Cognitivism about Practical Reason	250	(15)
14 Review of Korsgaard's The Sources of Normativity	265	(14)
Index	279