Facing the Future: Agents and Choices in Our Indeterminist World
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| Artikelnummer | 233320996 | Erscheinungsdatum | 2026/06/27 | Listenpreis | €48.82 | Modellnummer | 233320996 | ||
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Here is an important new theory of human action, a theory that assumes actions are founded on choices made by agents who face an open future. It is a theory that makes indeterminism not only intelligible but illuminating. Tools from philosophy of language and philosophical logic help generate a full-scale account of agents "seeing to it that." The authors then proceed to clarify a variety of action-related topics such as determinism vs. indeterminism, imperatives, promises, strategies, joint agency, "could have done otherwise," deontic constructions, and assertions about a not yet settled future. Read more
| ASIN | B000WNOP4M |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0195350074 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 7.4 MB |
| Page Flip | Not Enabled |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Print length | 520 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Publication date | August 2, 2001 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Not Enabled |
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