Nature and Rational Agency

Siri Granum Carson

ISBN 10: 3631590334 / ISBN 13: 9783631590331

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Aug 2009, 2009

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nature and Rational Agency is a collection of essays that revolve around a normative approach to rational agency. Thematically, the essays focus on the relationship between self and nature, as well as between subject and co-subjects. On the one hand our knowledge of the world includes knowledge of ourselves and other rational agents as parts of the world. But, on the other hand, our understanding of ourselves as rational agents has a special status in the sense that it is a condition for having scientific knowledge of nature. A key point of this anthology is that a distinctive feature of being a rational agent is to be subject to normative standards. Our actions are essentially judged as more or less good, right, or fitting, as opposed to natural courses of events. 162 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nature and Rational Agency
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Aug 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631590334
• ISBN 13: 9783631590331
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 13D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 330 grams

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Synopsis

Nature and Rational Agency is a collection of essays that revolve around a normative approach to rational agency. Thematically, the essays focus on the relationship between self and nature, as well as between subject and co-subjects. On the one hand our knowledge of the world includes knowledge of ourselves and other rational agents as parts of the world. But, on the other hand, our understanding of ourselves as rational agents has a special status in the sense that it is a condition for having scientific knowledge of nature. A key point of this anthology is that a distinctive feature of being a rational agent is to be subject to normative standards. Our actions are essentially judged as more or less good, right, or fitting, as opposed to natural courses of events.

About the Author

The Editors: Siri Granum Carson is Associate Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Kjartan Koch Mikalsen is Research Fellow at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Truls Wyller is Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.