This book considers our freedom of action, and what sort of mind, or psychology, that freedom requires. It argues that our freedom of action depends on our being able to decide freely which actions we shall perform; in other words, to have freedom of action, we need a free will. It shows how our decisions to act are actions themselves, but with the special function of ensuring the rationality of the actions that they explain. The book seeks to resolve a range of problems about the nature both of action and rationality.
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"Pink's writing is complex, yet clear and crisp. He explains his theory of the will with precision and depth. His overall strategy is coherent and his argumentation is sophisticated." Clifford Williams, Philosophy in Review
"...an original and interesting book. Pink...offers a comprehensive, unified theory of a number of phenomena. His work should promote inquiry into some central (and some neglected) issues concerning freedom, action, decision, and practical rationality." Randolph Clarke, The Philosophical Review
"...an original and interesting book. Pink...offers a comprehensive, unified theory of a number of phenomena. His work should promote inquiry into some central (and some neglected) issues concerning freedom, action, decision, and practical rationality." Randolph Clarke, The Philosophical Review
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This book considers our freedom of action, and what sort of mind, or psychology, that freedom requires. It argues that our freedom of action depends on our being able to decide freely which actions we shall perform; in other words, to have freedom of action, we need a free will. It shows how our decisions to act are actions themselves, but with the special function of ensuring the rationality of the actions which they explain. The book seeks to resolve a range of problems about the nature both of action and rationality.
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justifiable agency, future action control, prior decision control, distinctively practical form, justifiable occurrences, agent continuants, distinctively practical way, likely desirability, future decision control, continuing rationality, persisting motivation, governs subsequent action, deterrent decisions, organising publicity, taking that decision, decision rationality, end furtherance, toxin puzzle, decision drug, will subjection, justifies deciding, organise publicity, capacity for practical rationality, deliberative freedom, route ioi Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Strong Incompatibilism, Weak Incompatibilism, Bernard Williams, Summa Theologiae, Gauthier's Teleological, Once Dan, Page Mill, Weak Incompatibilist, North Pole, San Francisco New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Action is purposive. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
justifiable agency, future action control, prior decision control, distinctively practical form, justifiable occurrences, agent continuants, distinctively practical way, likely desirability, future decision control, continuing rationality, persisting motivation, governs subsequent action, deterrent decisions, organising publicity, taking that decision, decision rationality, end furtherance, toxin puzzle, decision drug, will subjection, justifies deciding, organise publicity, capacity for practical rationality, deliberative freedom, route ioi Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Strong Incompatibilism, Weak Incompatibilism, Bernard Williams, Summa Theologiae, Gauthier's Teleological, Once Dan, Page Mill, Weak Incompatibilist, North Pole, San Francisco New!
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- Summa Theologiae: Volume 2, Existence and Nature of God: 1a. 2-11 (Summa Theologiae (Cambridge University Press)) by Thomas Aquinas on 4 pages
- Summa Theologiae by St.Thomas Aquinas on 4 pages
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: 2 Vols. in 1 (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Locke on page 55, page 56, and Back Matter
- Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting by Daniel C. Dennett on page 27, page 47, and Back Matter
- Free Will (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Robert Kane on page 84, and Back Matter
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- The Will and Human Action: From Antiquity to the Present Day (London Studies in the History of Philosophy) by Thomas Pink in Front Matter, and page 28
- Moral Responsibility: The Ways of Scepticism (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory) by Carlos Moya in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation (Gifford Lectures) by Richard Sorabji on page 339, and Back Matter
- The Retreat of Reason: A Dilemma in the Philosophy of Life by Ingmar Persson in Back Matter
- Reason Without Freedom: The Problem of Epistemic Normativity (International Library of Philosophy) by David Owens in Back Matter
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