Understanding Action: An Essay on Reasons (Volume 0)
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1991
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- Title
- Understanding Action: An Essay on Reasons (Volume 0)
- Author
- Schick, Frederic
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521408865
- ISBN 13
- 9780521408868
This is an important new book about human motivation, about the reasons people have for their actions. What is distinctively new about it is its focus on how people see or understand their situations, options, and prospects. By taking account of people's understandings (along with their beliefs and desires), Professor Schick is able to expand the current theory of decision and action. The author provides a perspective on the topic by outlining its history. He defends his new theory against criticism, considers its formal structure, and shows at length how it resolves many currently debated problems: the problems of conflict and weakness of will, Allais' problem, Kahneman and Tversky's problems, Newcomb's problem, and others. The book will be of special interest to philosophers, psychologists, and economists.
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By taking account of people's understanding (along with their beliefs and desires) of their situations, options and prospects, this text is able to expand the current theory of decision and action.
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