Action and its explanation
By: David-Hillel Ruben.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Act (Philosophy)
Description: This volume pursues some novel and unusual standpoints in the philosophy of action. It rejects, for example, the most widely held view about how to count actions, and argues for what the author calls a 'prolific theory' of act individuation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-238) and index.