Essays on Actions and Events: Philosophical Essays Volume 1
Clarendon Press (2001)
| Abstract | Donald Davidson has prepared a new edition of his classic 1980 collection of Essays on Actions and Events, including two additional essays. In this seminal investigation of the nature of human action, Davidson argues for an ontology which includes events along with persons and other objects. Certain events are identified and explained as actions when they are viewed as caused and rationalized by reasons; these same events, when described in physical, biological, or physiological terms, may be explained by appeal to natural laws. The mental and the physical thus constitute irreducibly discrete ways of explaining and understanding events and their causal relations. Among the topics discussed are: freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory. The introduction, cross-references, and appendices emphasize the relations between the essays and explain how Davidson's views have developed. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Buy the book | $101.69 used (16% off) $104.99 new (13% off) $120.00 direct from Amazon Amazon page | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9780199246267 0199246262 | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,631 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesDonald Davidson (1980). Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford University Press.
Donald Davidson (2006). The Essential Davidson. Oxford University Press.
Jane Heal (1982). Essays on Actions and Events By Donald Davidson Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980, Xvi+304 Pp., £14.00. [REVIEW] Philosophy 57 (219):133-.
Tyler Burge (1983). Book Review:Essays on Actions and Events. Donald Davidson. [REVIEW] Ethics 93 (3):608-.
Michael J. Zimmerman (1995). Actions and Events. Journal of Philosophical Research 20:585-594.
Markus E. Schlosser (2009). Non-Reductive Physicalism, Mental Causation and the Nature of Actions. In H. Leitgeb & A. Hieke (eds.), Reduction: Between the Mind and the Brain. Ontos.
Jarosław Gryz (1988). Eseje o działaniach i zdarzeniach Donalda Davidsona (Donald Davidson, Essays on Actions and Events). [REVIEW] Etyka 23:177-181.
Jesús Ezquerro (1986). Essays on Davidson: Actions and Events. Theoria 2 (1):214-217.
Maria Alvarez & John Hyman (1998). Agents and Their Actions. Philosophy 73 (2):219-245.
Susan Schneider, Events. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Bruce Vermazen & Merrill B. Hintikka (eds.) (1985). Essays on Davidson. Oxford University Press.
David Pineda (2003). Synchronous Events in by-Sentences. Theoria 18 (3):351-357.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2012-01-31Total downloads21 ( #58,633 of 548,973 )Recent downloads (6 months)7 ( #10,273 of 548,973 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
