Agent Causality / by Fred Vollmer

Englisch

Dordrecht : Springer, 1999

Online-Ressource (VII, 168 p) : digital

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789048152728

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9780792358480

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789401592260

978-94-015-9225-3

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-481-5272-8 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9225-3

*Philosophy (General) ; Linguistics -- Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Science -- Philosophy ; Philosophy of mind ; Self. ; Language and languages—Philosophy. ; Science—Philosophy.

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: B53

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 128.2;

Book Industry Communication: HPM

bisacsh: PHI015000

Who - or what - is an agent? How - in virtue of what - does an agent do things, or refrain from doing them? In this attempt to understand the concept of agent causality, Vollmer proposes that persons are in control of their actions in virtue of reflective consciousness, consisting of a primary, intrinsic, nonobservational awareness of one's own activity, and a capacity to form second-order thoughts about such activity. According to traditional action theory, only behaviour that an agent is aware of performing (under some description) counts as action. In Vollmer's view, however, reflective consciousness plays a more important role than just determining what someone is doing, or under what description the action is intentional. Reflective consciousness is what gives you control and renders you free. Reflective consciousness is what you are. Readership: Professionals and students interested in theoretical psychology and the theory of action

 

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