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The Philosophy of Action: An Anthology is an authoritative collection of key work by top scholars, arranged thematically and accompanied by expert introductions written by the editors. This unique collection brings together a selection of the most influential essays from the 1960s to the present day.
Jonathan Dancy is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin and at the University of Reading, UK. An internationally known specialist in ethics, epistemology, and early modern philosophy, Professor Dancy is author of five books: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (Blackwell, 1985), Berkeley: an Introduction (Blackwell, 1987), Moral Reasons (Blackwell, 1993), Practical Reality (2000), and Ethics Without Principles (2004).
Constantine Sandis is Professor in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author of The Things We Do and Why We Do Them (2012) and the editor or co-editor of New Essays on Action Explanation (2009), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), Hegel on Action (2010), and Human Nature (2012).
Preface x
Source Acknowledgments xi
1 Philosophical Investigations §§611–628 1Ludwig Wittgenstein
Part I Action and Agency 3
Introduction to Part I 5
2 Agency 10Donald Davidson
3 Shooting, Killing and Dying 21Jonathan Bennett
4 The Problem of Action 26Harry G. Frankfurt
5 Agents and their Actions 33Maria Alvarez and John Hyman
6 Agency and Actions 48Jennifer Hornsby
Part II Willing and Trying 63
Introduction to Part II 65
7 Acting, Willing, Desiring 69H. A. Prichard
8 The Will 76Gilbert Ryle
9 Acting and Trying to Act 83Jennifer Hornsby
10 Action and Volition 91E. J. Lowe
Part III Intention and Intentional Action 101
Introduction to Part III 103
11 Intention §§1–9 107G. E. M. Anscombe
12 Knowing What I Am Doing 113Keith S. Donnellan
13 Intending 119Donald Davidson
14 Two Faces of Intention 130Michael Bratman
15 Acting As One Intends 145John McDowell
16 Intentional Action and Side Effects in Ordinary Language 158Joshua Knobe
17 The Toxin Puzzle 161Gregory S. Kavka
18 The Ontology of Social Agency 164Frederick Stoutland
Part IV Acting for a Reason 177
Introduction to Part IV 179
19 Actions, Reasons, and Causes 183Donald Davidson
20 How to Act for a Good Reason 193Jonathan Dancy
21 Acting for a Reason 206Christine Korsgaard
22 Arational Actions 222Rosalind Hursthouse
23 Agency, Reason, and the Good 230Joseph Raz
24 Skepticism About Weakness of Will 245Gary Watson
Part V The Explanation of Action 257
Introduction to Part V 259
25 Explanation in Science and in History §§1–3 263Carl G. Hempel
26 The Rationale of Actions 270William Dray
27 Explanation in Science and in History §§4–7 280Carl G. Hempel
28 The Explanatory Role of Being Rational 289Michael Smith
29 The Conceivability of Mechanism 303Norman Malcolm
30 Action, Causality, and Teleological Explanation 315Arthur W. Collins
31 Psychological vs. Biological Explanations of Behavior 333Fred Dretske
Part VI Free Agency and Responsibility 341
Introduction to Part VI 343
32 Human Freedom and the Self 347Roderick Chisholm
33 Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility 353Harry G. Frankfurt
34 Responsibility, Control, and Omissions 360John Martin Fischer
35 The Impossibility of Ultimate Responsibility? 373Galen Strawson
36 Moral Responsibility and the Concept of Agency 382Helen Steward
37 Free Will and Science 393Alfred R. Mele
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