The things we do and why we do them

by Sandis, Constantine

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Full title :The things we do and why we do them / Constantine Sandis, reader in philosophy, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Summary

"The Things We Do and Why We Do Them argues against the common assumption that there is a kind of thing called "action" which all reason-giving explanation of action are geared towards. Sandis explains why all theories concerned with the form which any such explanation must take fail from the outset, and shows how various debates on the nature of so-called motivating reasons only arise because the participants all share a number of mistaken views which follow from the basic assumption under attack. In so doing, he urges philosophers and psychologists alike to stop asking whether the explanation of action is causal, and to focus instead on its multifarious objects. This book will appeal to anyone interested in motivational psychology, the reasons for which we act, and the philosophy of explanation in general"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xix, 226 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230360105, 0230360106, 9780230522121, 0230522122
DOI:10.1057/9780230360105
oclc:ocn885193306
LC Classification:B105.A35
Dewey Decimal:128/.4

Analytic Table of Contents -- 20 Conflating Views to Avoid -- The Objectives of Action Explanation -- Conflation in Action -- What Makes An Explanation Proper? -- The Operation of Reasons -- Nested Explanations -- The Structure of Agential Explanation -- Spheres of Explanation -- Appendix I -- The Ontology of Action -- Appendix II -- Thought and Motive in Historiography.

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