Plato

In Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 429–438 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Metaphysics of Action The Explanation of Action The Psychology of Action References.

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Plato, addressing a cluster of issues ‐ under the rubric ‘the philosophy of action’   metaphysics of action ‐ fundamental realities or beings in Plato's ontology being the forms   actions or doings (praxeis), cutting something or burning something ‐ among the beings   Euthyphro, Socrates proposes that token actions of carrying, leading, loving, and seeing are cases of agents   explanation of action ‐ psychic motions not only providing a (mechanical) causal origin for action   psychology of action ‐ developments and expansions of Plato's views of metaphysics and explanation of action across dialogues   psychic conflict – Plato, revealing how he thinks of psychic states or events that motivate action   Platonic model, countenances non‐rational desires ‐ in addition to rational ones as sources of psychological conflict

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