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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"philosophy of action"”.
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Approaches to action
The objective of this thesis is to introduce recent philosophy of mind to philosophy of action in an attempt to evaluate the three currently dominant theories of action. These theories each concur with the general consensus in philosophy of action that the acts of an agent are causally derived. …
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The Power of Agency
… addresses a foundational problem in the philosophy of action, that of explaining the distinction between actions and mere events. Actions, I argue, have a uniquely active component that distinguishes them from mere events and which can be explained in terms of effort. Effort has several …
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Doing : an essay on causation, events, and action in the most general sense
… centered around my attempt to capture the nature of events. Events straddle the realms of thing and fact, eluding analysis, making this a difficult task. Yet it is an important one, because events play crucial roles in so many places: in philosophy of action and mind, in syntax and semantics, and …
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The nature of temptation and its role in the development of moral virtue: an exploration in analytic moral theology
In the last 70 years there has been an explosion of philosophical and theological work on the nature of virtue and the process of virtue formation. Yet philosophers and theologians have paid little attention to the phenomenon of temptation and its role in developing virtue. Indeed, little analytic …
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Hyperkrasia: structures of agency in self-oppression
… initial description, self-oppression is a form of agency in which the agent, though exercising self-control, compromises her own choices in doing so. But, as such, self-oppression seems paradoxical and thus impossible: how can an agent be both the oppressor and the oppressed? And how can she …
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The Phenomenology of Moral Agency in the Ethics of K. E. Logstrup
… self-governance. It is only through the exercise of such capacities, these philosophers contend, that one’s actions can be judged to be of distinctively moral value. The moral phenomenology of the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-1981), currently enjoying a revival of …
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Aesthetic experience and action in participatory art.
The purpose of this study is to explore the diverse ways that aesthetic experience is tested by participatory art. The study will show the part played by participatory action in changing the conditions in which aesthetic experience arises. It will be confirmed that when the philosophy of action is …
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Not All Desires Are Created Equal: Exploring a Dual -Motivation Account of Consumer Desire
… consumer's behavioral engine and drive it toward action (Bagozzi 2006). Desire should be a critical variable of inquiry for understanding consumer motivation, decision making, and behavior. Unfortunately, it is commonly equated with emotion, attitudes, and/or temptations rather than being …
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Concrete dreams: architecture, politics, and Boston's New City Hall
… and American modernism, as well as the politics of 1960s Boston. During the past 50 years, the building has become widely reviled because of its architectural style and political symbolism. At the same time, it has influenced architecture and politics in its hometown, throughout the United …
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Trusting
… and technical question in the mental metaphysics of trust. I ask about the portion of reality that our mental state of trust takes as its object, as its world-side referent — just like others have asked this about belief, desire, or knowledge. The trust literature has an implicit answer that I …