This collection of essays by one of the most prominent and internationally respected philosophers of action theory is concerned with deepening our understanding of the notion of intention. These essays enrich Bratman's account of commitment involved in intending, and explore its implications for our understanding of temptation and self-control, shared intention and shared cooperative activity, and moral responsibility. This collection will be a valuable resource for a wide range of philosophers and their students, and will also be of interest to social and developmental psychologists, AI researchers, and game and decision theorists.
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" Faces of Intention is a fine collection of essays covering Michael Bratman's work on intention and agency between 1992 and 1998, along with four critical reviews published between 1983 and 1998." Dialogue 40/2
"Michael Bratman's new book is a very good piece of work. Clearly written, philosophically sophisticated, and admirably fair to contrary points of view, it is worthy of both attentive study and careful critique." Philosophy and Phenomenological
"Michael Bratman's new book is a very good piece of work. Clearly written, philosophically sophisticated, and admirably fair to contrary points of view, it is worthy of both attentive study and careful critique." Philosophy and Phenomenological
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This collection of essays by one of the most prominent and internationally respected philosophers of action theory is concerned with deepening our understanding of the notion of intention. These essays enrich Bratman's account of commitment involved in intending, and explore its implications for our understanding of temptation and self-control, shared intention and shared cooperative activity, and moral responsibility. This collection will be a valuable resource for a wide range of philosophers and their students, and will also be of interest to social and developmental psychologists, AI researchers, and game and decision theorists.
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It's basically a very well thought out, interesting book. However, subects overlap a little too much at times, eventhough the book is a collections of essays.
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meshing subplans, rational planning agency, switch point relative, shared intentional activity, temporary preference change, deontic truth, pessimistic actor, autonomous benefits, interlocking intentions, ordinary interpersonal relationships, further practical reasoning, shared cooperative activity, intention stability, absolute context, evaluative ranking, normal etiology, individual intentional action, rational pressure, toxin puzzle, toxin case, evaluative proposition, shared intentionality, planning agent, cognitive background, reflective endorsement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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meshing subplans, rational planning agency, switch point relative, shared intentional activity, temporary preference change, deontic truth, pessimistic actor, autonomous benefits, interlocking intentions, ordinary interpersonal relationships, further practical reasoning, shared cooperative activity, intention stability, absolute context, evaluative ranking, normal etiology, individual intentional action, rational pressure, toxin puzzle, toxin case, evaluative proposition, shared intentionality, planning agent, cognitive background, reflective endorsement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, David Velleman, Oxford University Press, Harry Frankfurt, Margaret Gilbert, Princeton University Press, Raimo Tuomela, S's A-ing, Philosophical Studies, The Fixer, David Gauthier, Gilbert Harman, John Searle, Philosophical Review, Alfred Mele, The White Hotel, Davies Hall, Elijah Millgram, Gary Watson, Sarah Buss, The Faintest Passion, Bernard Williams, David Copp New!
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- The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays by Harry G. Frankfurt on 9 pages
- Free Will by Craig Watson on 7 pages
- Free Will (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by Gary Watson on 7 pages
- Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason (David Hume Series) by Michael E. Bratman on 6 pages
- On Social Facts by Margaret Gilbert on 4 pages
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- The Possibility of Practical Reason by J. David Velleman on 7 pages
- Values and the Reflective Point of View: On Expressivism, Self-knowledge and Agency by Robert Dunn on 4 pages
- Varieties of Practical Reasoning (Bradford Books) by Elijah Millgram on 4 pages
- Reason and Value: Themes from the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz by R. Jay Wallace in Table of Contents, page 6, and Back Matter
- The Contours of Agency: Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt by Sarah Buss on page 116, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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