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Essays on Actions and Events Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)

Essays on Actions and Events By Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)

Summary

This investigation of the nature of human action argues for an ontology which includes events along with persons and other objects. Among the topics discussed are: freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; and decision theory.

Essays on Actions and Events Summary

Essays on Actions and Events: Philosophical Essays Volume 1 by Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)

This book is intended for all philosophers; psychologists and linguists interested in philosophy; anyone else interested in mind and action.

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A classic in its field. * P. F. Strawson *

About Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)

Donald Davidson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald Davidson is Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, completing his Ph.D. in classical philosophy after serving in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Before coming to Berkeley in 1981, he was Professor at Stanford, Princeton, Rockefeller, and the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Table of Contents

1. ACTIONS, REASONS, AND CAUSES (1963) ; 6. THE LOGICAL FORM OF ACTION SENTENCES (1967) ; 11. MENTAL EVENTS (1970)

Additional information

NPB9780199246267
9780199246267
0199246262
Essays on Actions and Events: Philosophical Essays Volume 1 by Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press
2001-09-27
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