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- catalog abstract ""Including two new essays, this volume is an updated edition of Davidson's classic Essays on Actions and Events (1980). A superb work on the nature of human action, it features influential discussions of numerous topics. These include the freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12331945.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Including two new essays, this volume is an updated edition of Davidson's classic Essays on Actions and Events (1980). A superb work on the nature of human action, it features influential discussions of numerous topics. These include the freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-319) and index.".
- catalog description "Part I. Intention and action. Actions, reasons, and causes (1963) ; How is weakness of the will possible? (1969) ; Agency (1971) ; Freedom to act (1973) ; Intending (1978) -- Part II. Event and cause. The logical form of action sentences (1967) ; Criticism, comment, and defence ; Causal relations (1967) ; The individuation of events (1969) ; Events as particulars (1970) ; Eternal vs. ephemeral events (1971) -- Part III. Philosophy of psychology. Mental events (1970) ; Appendix: Emeroses by other names (1966) ; Psychology as philosophy (1974) ; Comments and replies ; The material mind (1973) ; Hempel on explaining action (1976) ; Hume's cognitive theory of pride (1976) -- Appendices. A. Adverbs of action (1985) ; B. Reply to Quine on events (1985).".
- catalog extent "xxi, 324 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0199246262 (hbk)".
- catalog identifier "0199246270 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "128/.4 21".
- catalog subject "Act (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "B105.A35 D37 2001".
- catalog subject "Events (Philosophy)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I. Intention and action. Actions, reasons, and causes (1963) ; How is weakness of the will possible? (1969) ; Agency (1971) ; Freedom to act (1973) ; Intending (1978) -- Part II. Event and cause. The logical form of action sentences (1967) ; Criticism, comment, and defence ; Causal relations (1967) ; The individuation of events (1969) ; Events as particulars (1970) ; Eternal vs. ephemeral events (1971) -- Part III. Philosophy of psychology. Mental events (1970) ; Appendix: Emeroses by other names (1966) ; Psychology as philosophy (1974) ; Comments and replies ; The material mind (1973) ; Hempel on explaining action (1976) ; Hume's cognitive theory of pride (1976) -- Appendices. A. Adverbs of action (1985) ; B. Reply to Quine on events (1985).".
- catalog title "Essays on actions and events / Donald Davidson.".
- catalog type "text".