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1 online resource (xx, 361 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Bradford book.
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-356) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Frankfurt-style compatibilism / John Martin Fischer -- 2. Control and causal determinism / Eleonore Stump -- 3. Hierarchy, circularity, and double reduction / Michael E. Bratman -- 4. Identification and identity / J. David Velleman -- 5. Volitional necessities / Gary Watson -- 6. Reasons and passions / T.M. Scanlon -- 7. Frankfurt on identification: ambiguities of activity in mental life / Richard Moran -- 8. True, the good, and the lovable: Frankfurt's avoidance of objectivity / Sisam Wolf -- 9. Bootstrapping / Barbara Herman -- 10. Love's authority / Jonathan Lear -- 11. On Frankfurt's explanation of respect for people / Joseph Raz -- 12. Deeper into bullshit / G.A. Cohen -- Bibliography of Harry Frankfurt's work. |
| Summary |
The original essays in this book address Harry Frankfurt's influential writing on personal identity, love, value, moral responsibility, and the freedom and limits of the human will. Many of Frankfurt's deepest insights come from exploring the self-reflective nature of human agents and the psychic conflicts that self-reflection often produces. His work has informed discussions in metaphysics, metaethics, normative ethics, and action theory. The authors, recognized for their own contributions to the understanding of human agency, defend their original philosophical positions at the same time that they respond to Frankfurt's. Each essay is followed by a response from Frankfurt, in which he clarifies and elaborates on his views. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Frankfurt, Harry G., 1929- -- Congresses.
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Frankfurt, Harry G., 1929- |
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Frankfurt, Harry G. |
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Act (Philosophy) -- Congresses.
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Act (Philosophy) |
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Agent (Philosophy) -- Congresses.
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Agent (Philosophy) |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Buss, Sarah.
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Overton, Lee.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contours of agency. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002 0262025132 (DLC) 2001044505 (OCoLC)47797959 |
| ISBN |
9780262269599 (electronic book) |
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0262269597 (electronic book) |
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0585437017 (electronic book) |
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9780585437019 (electronic book) |
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0262025132 |
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9780262025133 |
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0262025132 |
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9780262025133 |
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