Mental actions
By: edited by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou.
Contributors: O'Brien, Lucy, 1964-; Soteriou, Matthew.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780199225989
Subjects: Act (Philosophy); Agent (Philosophy)
Description: The twelve specially written essays in this volume investigate the neglected topic of mental action, and show its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. The essays investigate what mental actions are, how we are aware of them, and what is the relationship between mental and physical action.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Matthew Soteriou; title: Mental action : a case study / Alfred Mele; title: Judging and the scope of mental agency / Fabian Dorsch; title: Reason in action / John Gibbons; title: Reason, voluntariness, and moral responsibility / Thomas Pink; title: Freedom and practical judgement / David Owens; title: Two kinds of agency / Pamela Hieronymi; title: Trying and acting / Brian O'Shaughnessy; title: Perceptual activity and the will / Thomas Crowther; title: Mental action and self-awareness  : epistemology / Christopher Peacocke; title: Mental actions and the no-content problem / Lucy O'Brien; title: Mental agency, conscious thinking, and phenomenal character / Matthew Soteriou; title: Is there a sense of agency for thought? / Joelle Proust.