The Things We Do and Why We Do Them [electronic resource] /
Sandis, C.author.
The Things We Do and Why We Do Them argues against the common assumption that there is one thing called 'action' which all reason-giving explanations of action are geared towards. Sandis shows why all theories concerned with identifying the nature of our 'real' reasons for action fail from the outset.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Analytical Table of Contents; List of Conflating Views to be Avoided; 1 Objects and Objectives of Action Explanation; 2 Conflation in Action; 3 What Makes an Action Explanation Proper?; 4 The Operation of Reasons; 5 Nested Explanations; 6 The Structure of Agential Explanation; 7 Spheres of Explanation; Appendix I - The Ontology of Action; Appendix II - Thought and Motive in Historiography; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Things We Do and Why We Do Them argues against the common assumption that there is one thing called 'action' which all reason-giving explanations of action are geared towards. Sandis shows why all theories concerned with identifying the nature of our 'real' reasons for action fail from the outset.
Epistemology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Metaphysics.
Analysis (Philosophy).
Epistemology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Metaphysics.
Analytic Philosophy.