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Action: an Analysis of the Concept
Donald Rayfield
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Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 208.
During the past decade, there has been considerable interest among philosophers in providing a philosophically satisfactory and helpful ana lysis of a particular type of human behavior called action. As I see it, this interest is a renewal of the efforts of Aristotle, in Ethica Nicomachea, to provide an analysis of voluntary action. Because of this, and because Aristotle's distinctions regarding voluntriety are fundamentally correct, what follows is in some ways a discussion in praise of Aristotle. But I have also argued for an analysis of action which will go some way toward withstanding criticism which can be brought against ... Read more
During the past decade, there has been considerable interest among philosophers in providing a philosophically satisfactory and helpful ana lysis of a particular type of human behavior called action. As I see it, this interest is a renewal of the efforts of Aristotle, in Ethica Nicomachea, to provide an analysis of voluntary action. Because of this, and because Aristotle's distinctions regarding voluntriety are fundamentally correct, what follows is in some ways a discussion in praise of Aristotle. But I have also argued for an analysis of action which will go some way toward withstanding criticism which can be brought against ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024713042
SKU
V9789024713042
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