Free action
A.I. Melden.
Bok Engelsk 2017 A. I. Melden
| Omfang | 1 online resource (x, 226 pages)
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| Opplysninger | First published in 1961 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.. - chapter I The Case Against Free Action -- chapter II Character as Causal Circumstance -- chapter III Action and Happening---Problems and Perplexities -- chapter IV How Does One Raise One's Arm? -- chapter V By Willing, One Does. -- chapter VI Physiological Happenings and Bodily Actions -- chapter VII Learning and Physiology -- chapter VIII 'Action Equals Bodily Movement Plus Motive' -- chapter IX Motive and Explanation -- chapter X Wanting and Wanting To Do -- chapter XI Wanting To Do and Doing -- chapter XII Wanting To Do, Reasons For Doing, Doing -- chapter XIII Bodily Movement, Action and Agent -- chapter XIV Conclusion---Decision, Choice, Prediction and The Voluntary.. - "That a science of human conduct is possible, that what any man may do even in moments of the most sober and careful reflection can be understood and explained, has seemed to many a philosopher to cast doubt upon our common view that any human action can ever be said to be truly free. This book, first published in 1961, into crucially important issues that are often ignored in the familiar arguments for and against the possibility of free action. These issues are brought to light and examined in some detail."--Provided by publisher.
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| ISBN | 1-315-20272-7. - 1-351-78588-5
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