Dynamics in Action :Intentional Behavior as a Complex System - A Bradford Book
Dynamics in Action :Intentional Behavior as a Complex System - A Bradford Book
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What is the difference between a wink and a blink? The answer is important not only to philosophers of mind, for significant moral and legal consequences rest on the distinction between voluntary and involuntary behavior. However, "action theory" -- the branch of philosophy that has traditionally articulated the boundaries between action and non-action, and between voluntary and involuntary behavior -- has been unable to account for the difference. Alicia Juarrero argues that a mistaken, 350-year-old model of cause and explanation -- one that takes all causes to be of the push-pull, efficient cause sort, and all explanation to be prooflike -- underlies contemporary theories of action. Juarrero then proposes a new framework for conceptualizing causes based on complex adaptive systems. Thinking of causes as dynamical constraints makes bottom-up and top-down causal relations, including those involving intentional causes, suddenly tractable. A different logic for explaining actions -- as historical narrative, not inference -- follows if one adopts this novel approach to long-standing questions of action and responsibility.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780262600477 |
| ISBN10 | 0262600471 |
| Number Of Pages | 300 |
| Item Weight | 417 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 13 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | MIT Press Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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