Faces of Intention Selected Essays on Intention and Agency (PDF)

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Synopsis

This collection of essays by one of the most prominent and
internationally respected philosophers of action is concerned with
deepening our understanding of intention and agency.
In Bratman's view when we settle on a plan for action we are
committing ourselves to future conduct in ways that help support
important forms of coordination and organization both within the life
of the agent and interpersonally. These essays enrich that account of
commitment involved in intending and explore its implications for
our understanding of temptation and self-control, shared intention
and shared cooperative activity, and moral responsibility. The essays
offer extensive discussions of related views by, among others, Donald
Davidson, Hector-Neri Castaneda, J. David V elleman, Christine
Korsgaard, Harry Frankfurt, and P. F. Strawson.
This collection will be a valuable resource for a wide range of
philosophers and their students and will also be of interest to social
and developmental psychologists, AI researchers, and game and
decision theorists.

Book details

Series:
Cambridge Studies In Philosophy Ser.
Author:
Michael Bratman, Jonathan Dancy, John Haldane, Gilbert Harman, Frank Jackson, William Lucan, Ernest Sosa
ISBN:
9780521637275
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-10-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1999
Copyright by:
Michael E. Bratman 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Health, Mind and Body, Nonfiction, Philosophy