Action TheoryM. Brand, Douglas Walton Proceedings of the Winnipeg Conference on Human Action, held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 9-11 May 1975 |
Contents
Action Knowledge and Representation | 11 |
Intention Practical Knowledge and Representation | 27 |
THE VOLITIONAL THEORY REVISITED | 45 |
Volitions Reaffirmed | 47 |
The Volitional Theory Revisited | 67 |
THE LOGIC OF ACTION | 86 |
The Logic of Action | 87 |
The Twofold Structure and the Unity of Practical Thinking | 105 |
The Agent as Cause | 199 |
How Does Agent Causality Work? | 213 |
ABILITIES AND OTHER CANS | 240 |
A Possible Worlds Analysis | 241 |
Time and Modality in the Can of Opportunity | 271 |
Comment on Waltons Paper | 289 |
RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN ACTION | 292 |
Action and Responsibility | 293 |
EVENTS AND ACTIONS | 132 |
Particulars Events and Actions | 133 |
Events as Property Exemplifications | 159 |
Some Comments on Brand and Kim | 179 |
Reply to Martin | 193 |
THE AGENCY THEORY | 198 |
Action and Responsibility | 311 |
DECISION THEORY AND HUMAN ACTION | 324 |
The Morality of Cognitive DecisionMaking | 325 |
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