Essays on Actions and Events (Hardcover)

Donald Davidson

ISBN 10: 0199246262 / ISBN 13: 9780199246267

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001

About this Item

Hardcover. This book is intended for all philosophers; psychologists and linguists interested in philosophy; anyone else interested in mind and action. This investigation of the nature of human action argues for an ontology which includes events along with persons and other objects. Among the topics discussed are: freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; and decision theory. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essays on Actions and Events (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199246262
• ISBN 13: 9780199246267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Including two new essays, this remarkable volume is an updated edition of Davidson's classic Essays on Actions and Events (1980). A superb work on the nature of human action, it features influential discussions of numerous topics. These include the freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory.

About the Author

Donald Davidson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald Davidson is Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, completing his Ph.D. in classical philosophy after serving in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Before coming to Berkeley in 1981, he was Professor at Stanford, Princeton, Rockefeller, and the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.