Causing Human Actions New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action

Name: Causing Human Actions New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action
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ISBN: 9780262514767

ISBN-10: 0262514761

ISBN-13: 9780262514767

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jesï¿½s H. Aguilar, Andrei A. Buckareff, Jennifer Hornsby, Michael S. Moore, Michael Adger Smith

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The causal theory of action (CTA) is widely recognized in the literature of the philosophy of action as the "standard story" of human action and agency-the nearest approximation in the field to a theoretical orthodoxy. This volume brings together leading figures working in action theory today to discuss issues relating to the CTA and its applications, which range from experimental philosophy to moral psychology. Some of the contributors defend the theory while others criticize it; some draw from historical sources while others focus on recent developments; some rely on the tools of analytic philosophy while others cite the latest empirical research on human action. All agree, however, on…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/20/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.00" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 1.012

Jesï¿½s H. Aguilar is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Andrei A. Buckareff is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marist College.



Preface



The Causal Theory of Action: Origins and Issues




Renewed Questions about the Causal Theory of Action




The Standard Story of Action: An Exchange (1)




The Standard Story of Action: An Exchange (2)




Skepticism about Natural Agency and the Causal Theory of Action




Agential Systems, Causal Deviance, and Reliability




What are You Causing in Acting?




Omissions and Causalism




Intentional Omissions




Comments on Clarke's "Intentional Omissions"




Reply to Sartorio




Causal and Deliberative Strength of Reasons for Action: The Case of Con-Reasons




Teleological Explanations of Actions: Anticausalism versus Causalism




Teleology and Causal Understanding in Children's Theory of Mind




Action Theory Meets Embodied Cognition




Intentions as Complex Dynamical Attractors




The Causal Theory of Action and the Still Puzzling Knobe Effect



References


Contributors


Index