Understanding Human Agency P

by Erasmus Mayr

Book Overview

Our self-understanding as human agents includes a commitment to three crucial claims about human agency: that agents must be active, that actions are part of the natural order of the universe, and that intentional actions can be explained by the agent's reasons for acting. While all of these claims are indispensable elements of our view of ourselves as human agents, they are in continuous conflict and tension with one another, especially once one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198825854
• ISBN13: 9780198825852
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"