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Motivation and Agency
E-bok, 2003
349 kr
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What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele''s answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the …
Rationality and the Good
Critical Essays on the Ethics and Epistemology of Robert Audi
Av Alfred R. Mele, John Greco m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
489 kr
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For over thirty years, Robert Audi has produced important work in ethics, epistemology, and the theory of action. This volume features thirteen new critical essays on Audi by a distinguished group of authors: Fred Adams, William Alston, Laurence BonJour, Roger Crisp, Elizabeth Fricker, Bernard …
Aspects of Agency
Decisions, Abilities, Explanations, and Free Will
Inbunden, 2017
1772 kr
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The libertarian theory of free will combines a negative thesis and a positive thesis. The negative thesis is that free will is incompatible with determinism. The positive thesis is that there are actions that involve exercises of free will---'free actions,' for short. While remaining neutral on …
Aspects of Agency
Decisions, Abilities, Explanations, and Free Will
E-bok, 2017
1174 kr
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The libertarian theory of free will combines a negative thesis and a positive thesis. The negative thesis is that free will is incompatible with determinism. The positive thesis is that there are actions that involve exercises of free will---''free actions,'' for short. While remaining neutral on …
Aspects of Agency
Decisions, Abilities, Explanations, and Free Will
E-bok, 2017
1174 kr
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The libertarian theory of free will combines a negative thesis and a positive thesis. The negative thesis is that free will is incompatible with determinism. The positive thesis is that there are actions that involve exercises of free will---''free actions,'' for short. While remaining neutral on …
Manipulated Agents
A Window to Moral Responsibility
Inbunden, 2019
1019 kr
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What bearing do our histories--our influences, what we have done and what has happened to us--have on our responsibility for the actions we take or consider in the present? This is the question at the center of Alfred R. Mele's examination of moral responsibility, including the moral responsibility …
Manipulated Agents
A Window to Moral Responsibility
E-bok, 2019
917 kr
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What bearing do our histories--our influences, what we have done and what has happened to us--have on our responsibility for the actions we take or consider in the present? This is the question at the center of Alfred R. Mele''s examination of moral responsibility, including the moral …
Manipulated Agents
A Window to Moral Responsibility
E-bok, 2019
917 kr
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What bearing do our histories--our influences, what we have done and what has happened to us--have on our responsibility for the actions we take or consider in the present? This is the question at the center of Alfred R. Mele''s examination of moral responsibility, including the moral …
Springs of Action
Understanding Intentional Behavior
Inbunden, 1992
3131 kr
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In this book, Alfred Mele tackles some central problems in the philosophy of action. His purpose is to construct an explanatory model for intentional behaviour, locating the place and significance of such mental phenomena as beliefs, desires, reasons, and intentions in the etiology of intentional …
Irrationality
An Essay on `Akrasia', Self-Deception, and Self-Control
Häftad, 1993
1432 kr
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Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behaviour is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality–most incontinent action and self-deception–pose such difficult problems that philosophers have rejected them as logically or psychologically impossible. Here, Alfred Mele shows …
Autonomous Agents
From Self-Control to Autonomy
Inbunden, 1995
3773 kr
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The concept of self-control, and its bearing on human behaviour, is examined here, as well as its relationship to personal autonomy and autonomous behaviour.
The Oxford Handbook of Rationality
Av Alfred R. Mele, Piers Rawling
Inbunden, 2004
2810 kr
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Rationality has long been a central topic in philosophy, crossing standard divisions and categories. It continues to attract much attention in published research and teaching by philosophers as well as scholars in other disciplines, including economics, psychology, and law. The Oxford Handbook of …
Autonomous Agents
From Self-Control to Autonomy
Häftad, 2001
813 kr
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Autonomous Agents addresses the related topics of self-control and individual autonomy. "Self-control" is defined as the opposite of akrasia-weakness of will. The study of self-control seeks to understand the concept of its own terms, followed by an examination of its bearing on one's actions, …
Motivation and Agency
Inbunden, 2003
2948 kr
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What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele's answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the …
Motivation and Agency
Häftad, 2005
461 kr
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What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele's answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the …
Rationality and the Good
Critical Essays on the Ethics and Epistemology of Robert Audi
Av Mark Timmons, John Greco m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
626 kr
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For over thirty years, Robert Audi has produced important work in ethics, epistemology, and the theory of action. This volume features thirteen new critical essays on Audi by a distinguished group of authors: Fred Adams, William Alston, Laurence BonJour, Roger Crisp, Elizabeth Fricker, Bernard …
Springs of Action
Understanding Intentional Behavior
E-bok, 1992
2017 kr
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Tackling some central problems in the philosophy of action, Mele constructs an explanatory model for intentional behavior, locating the place and significance of such mental phenomena as beliefs, desires, reason, and intentions in the etiology of intentional action. Part One comprises a …
Irrationality
An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control
E-bok, 1992
1119 kr
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Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behavior is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality--most notably, incontinent action and self-deception--pose such difficult theoretical problems that philosophers have rejected them as logically or psychologically impossible. …
Free Will and Luck
Häftad, 2008
471 kr
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Mele's ultimate purpose in this book is to help readers think more clearly about free will. He identifies and makes vivid the most important conceptual obstacles to justified belief in the existence of free will and meets them head on. Mele clarifies the central issue in the philosophical debate …
Effective Intentions
The Power of Conscious Will
Inbunden, 2009
1243 kr
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Each of the following claims has been defended in the scientific literature on free will and consciousness: your brain routinely decides what you will do before you become conscious of its decision; there is only a 100 millisecond window of opportunity for free will, and all it can do is veto …
Surrounding Self-Control
Inbunden, 2020
1206 kr
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Self-control has gained enormous attention in recent years both in philosophy and the mind sciences, for it has profound implications on so many aspects of human life. Overcoming temptation, improving cognitive functioning, making life-altering decisions, and numerous other challenges all depend …
Surrounding Self-Control
E-bok, 2020
844 kr
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Self-control has gained enormous attention in recent years both in philosophy and the mind sciences, for it has profound implications on so many aspects of human life. Overcoming temptation, improving cognitive functioning, making life-altering decisions, and numerous other challenges all depend …
Surrounding Self-Control
E-bok, 2020
844 kr
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Self-control has gained enormous attention in recent years both in philosophy and the mind sciences, for it has profound implications on so many aspects of human life. Overcoming temptation, improving cognitive functioning, making life-altering decisions, and numerous other challenges all depend …
Free Will
An Opinionated Guide
Inbunden, 2023
282 kr
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This opinionated guide to free will offers a clear and straightfoward introduction to a vexing topic, from an internationally recognized authority on free will. What did you do a moment ago? What will you do after you read this? Are you deciding as we speak, or is something else going on in your …
Free Will
An Opinionated Guide
E-bok, 2022
196 kr
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Free Will: An Opinionated Guide offers a clear and straightforward introduction to a vexing topic, from an internationally recognized authority on free will. What did you do a moment ago? What will you do after you read this? Are you deciding as we speak, or is something else going on in your brain …
Free Will
An Opinionated Guide
E-bok, 2022
196 kr
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Free Will: An Opinionated Guide offers a clear and straightforward introduction to a vexing topic, from an internationally recognized authority on free will. What did you do a moment ago? What will you do after you read this? Are you deciding as we speak, or is something else going on in your brain …
Autonomous Agents
From Self-Control to Autonomy
E-bok, 1995
391 kr
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This book addresses two related topics: self-control and individual autonomy. In approaching these issues, Mele develops a conception of an ideally self-controlled person, and argues that even such a person can fall short of personal autonomy. He then examines what needs to be added to such a …
Oxford Handbook of Rationality
Av Piers Rawling, Alfred R. Mele
E-bok, 2004
1962 kr
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Rationality has long been a central topic in philosophy, crossing standard divisions and categories. It continues to attract much attention in published research and teaching by philosophers as well as scholars in other disciplines, including economics, psychology, and law. The Oxford Handbook of …
Motivation and Agency
E-bok, 2003
310 kr
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What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele''s answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the …
Rationality and the Good
Critical Essays on the Ethics and Epistemology of Robert Audi
Av Alfred R. Mele, John Greco m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
489 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For over thirty years, Robert Audi has produced important work in ethics, epistemology, and the theory of action. This volume features thirteen new critical essays on Audi by a distinguished group of authors: Fred Adams, William Alston, Laurence BonJour, Roger Crisp, Elizabeth Fricker, Bernard …
