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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b12198415.
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- catalog contributor b12198417.
- catalog contributor b12198418.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "I. Introduction to stit. 1. Stit: A canonical form for agentives. 2. Stit: Introductory theory, semantics, and applications. 3. Small yet important differences from earlier proposals. 4. Stit and the imperative. 5. Promising: Stits, claims, and strategies -- II. Foundations of indeterminism. 6. Indeterminism and the Thin Red Line. 7. Agents and choices in branching time with instants. 8. Indexical semantics under indeterminism -- III. Applications of the achievement stit. 9. Could have done otherwise. 10. Multiple and joint agency -- IV. Applications of the deliberative stit. 11. Conditional obligation, deontic paradoxes, and stit. 12. Marcus and the problem of nested deontic modalities -- V. Strategies.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-482) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 501 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195138783 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "128/.4 21".
- catalog subject "Agent (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "B105.A35 B45 2001".
- catalog subject "Choice (Psychology)".
- catalog subject "Free will and determinism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Introduction to stit. 1. Stit: A canonical form for agentives. 2. Stit: Introductory theory, semantics, and applications. 3. Small yet important differences from earlier proposals. 4. Stit and the imperative. 5. Promising: Stits, claims, and strategies -- II. Foundations of indeterminism. 6. Indeterminism and the Thin Red Line. 7. Agents and choices in branching time with instants. 8. Indexical semantics under indeterminism -- III. Applications of the achievement stit. 9. Could have done otherwise. 10. Multiple and joint agency -- IV. Applications of the deliberative stit. 11. Conditional obligation, deontic paradoxes, and stit. 12. Marcus and the problem of nested deontic modalities -- V. Strategies.".
- catalog title "Facing the future : agents and choices in our indeterminist world / Nuel Belnap, Michael Perloff, Ming Xu ; with contributions by Paul Bartha, Mitchell Green, John Horty.".
- catalog type "text".