The Things we do and why we do them

The Things we do and why we do them / Constantine Sandis, reader in philosophy, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

"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...

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Main Author: Sandis, Constantine, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K. ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Act (Philosophy)
Human behavior > Philosophy.
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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."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and index.
ISBN:9780230522121 (hardback)
0230522122 (hardback)

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