| Analytical Philosophy of Action Contributor(s): Danto, Arthur C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521117518 ISBN-13: 9780521117517 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: A study of the philosophical problems associated with the concept of action. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 122 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A study of the philosophical problems associated with the concept of action. Professor Danto is concerned to isolate logically the notion of a 'basic action' and to examine the way in which context and intention, for example, can convert physiological movements into significant actions. He finds many suggestive parallels between the concepts - the logical architecture - of action and cognition and in developing this theme he becomes involved in and proposes new approaches to various long-standing problems connected with causality, determinism and materialism. As in his earlier books, Analytical Philosophy of History and Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge, Professor Danto places the discussion in a broad historical and philosophical perspective and brings to it a wide reading and an unusual range of interests. He is always prepared to venture novel ideas to stimulate further debate and research and the book as a whole is presented as an original contribution to a subject which is attracting increasing attention from philosophers and from psychologists with an interest in the conceptual assumptions behind their work. |