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Rational Action
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Rational Action
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) T. R. Harrison
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:190 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Philosophy - logic Philosophy of the mind |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521143738
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Classifications | Dewey:128.33 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
24 June 2010 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This volume is concerned with the concept of rationality and the interrelations between rationality, belief and desire in the explanation and evaluation of human action. The book is conceived and structured to represent some of the most important general differences of approach to these problems, and also to connect them with problems about the relation of individual to social behaviour which are of central interest to historians, social theorists and economists as well as to philosophers. The essays have all been commissioned for this volume and have not appeared elsewhere. The idea for the book arose from the meetings of philosophers and social scientists sponsored by the Thyssen Foundation, and is therefore a continuation of the informal series begun by C. Hookway and P. Pettit (eds.) Action and Interpretation (C. U. P. 1978).
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