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Reason and Action
von Bruce AuneOriginalausgabe: Philosophical Studies Series in Philosophy. Ed. by Wilfrid Sellars and Keith Lehrer, 9, Reidel 1977 (vergriffen). Digitale Ausgabe (PDF): http://www. humanities-online. de
CONTENTS
PREFACE IX
CHAPTER I THEORIES OF ACTION 1 1. Prichard’s Theory of Voluntary Activity 1 2. Prichard, Davidson, and the Notion of Agency 8 3. Objections and Qualifications 12 4. Secondary Uses of Action Language 19 5. Three Theories of Action 23 6. The Metaphysics or Ontology of Action 26 7. Concluding Remarks 44
CHAPTER II THE SPRINGS OF ACTION 50 1. Preliminary Remarks on Volition 50 2. Intentions and Other Pro Attitudes 53 3. Intention, Belief, and Action 61 4. A Conception of Volition 65 5. Reasons and Purposive Explanations 74 6. Voluntary and Intentional Action 84 7. Concluding Remarks 107
CHAPTER III DELIBERATION 112 1. Aristotle on Deliberation 112 2. Decision and Choice 115 3. Deliberation and Ends 117 4. The Question of Validity 123 5. Deliberation and Choice 131 6. Bayesian Deliberation 137 7. Concluding Remarks 142
CHAPTER IV THE LOGIC OF PRACTICAL REASONING 144 1. Sellars’s Theory of Practical Inference 144 2. Binkley’s Theory of Practical Reasoning 158 3. Castañeda’s General Theory of the Language of Action 167 4. Normative Statements and Practical Reasoning 181 5. Concluding Remarks 193
BIBLIOGRAPHY 198 INDEX 202
CONTENTS
PREFACE IX
CHAPTER I THEORIES OF ACTION 1 1. Prichard’s Theory of Voluntary Activity 1 2. Prichard, Davidson, and the Notion of Agency 8 3. Objections and Qualifications 12 4. Secondary Uses of Action Language 19 5. Three Theories of Action 23 6. The Metaphysics or Ontology of Action 26 7. Concluding Remarks 44
CHAPTER II THE SPRINGS OF ACTION 50 1. Preliminary Remarks on Volition 50 2. Intentions and Other Pro Attitudes 53 3. Intention, Belief, and Action 61 4. A Conception of Volition 65 5. Reasons and Purposive Explanations 74 6. Voluntary and Intentional Action 84 7. Concluding Remarks 107
CHAPTER III DELIBERATION 112 1. Aristotle on Deliberation 112 2. Decision and Choice 115 3. Deliberation and Ends 117 4. The Question of Validity 123 5. Deliberation and Choice 131 6. Bayesian Deliberation 137 7. Concluding Remarks 142
CHAPTER IV THE LOGIC OF PRACTICAL REASONING 144 1. Sellars’s Theory of Practical Inference 144 2. Binkley’s Theory of Practical Reasoning 158 3. Castañeda’s General Theory of the Language of Action 167 4. Normative Statements and Practical Reasoning 181 5. Concluding Remarks 193
BIBLIOGRAPHY 198 INDEX 202