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New Waves in Philosophy of Action

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Editors:
  1. Jesús H. Aguilar

    1. Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

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  2. Andrei A. Buckareff

    1. Marist College, USA

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  3. Keith Frankish

    1. The Open University, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jesús Aguilar, Andrei Buckareff, Keith Frankish
      Pages 1-9

  3. Foundations of Action and Agency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Agency, Ownership, and the Standard Theory

      • Markus E. Schlosser
      Pages 13-31

    3. Failing to Do the Impossible

      • Carolina Sartorio
      Pages 32-49

    4. Experimental Philosophy of Action

      • Thomas Nadelhoffer
      Pages 50-77

  4. Autonomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Identification, Psychology, and Habits

      • Bill Pollard
      Pages 81-97

    3. Mass Perverse Identification: An Argument for a Modest Concept of Autonomy

      • Yonatan Shemmer
      Pages 98-121

    4. Cartesian Reflections on the Autonomy of the Mental

      • Matthew Soteriou
      Pages 122-140

  5. Free Agency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. The Revisionist Turn: A Brief History of Recent Work on Free Will

      • Manuel Vargas
      Pages 143-172

    3. Luck and Free Will

      • Neil Levy
      Pages 173-188

    4. Experimental Philosophy on Free Will: An Error Theory for Incompatibilist Intuitions

      • Eddy Nahmias, Dylan Murray
      Pages 189-216

  6. Action and Agency in Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Agentive Experiences as Pushmi-Pullyu Representations

      • Tim Bayne
      Pages 219-236

    3. Double Bookkeeping in Delusions: Explaining the Gap between Saying and Doing

      • Lisa Bortolotti
      Pages 237-256

    4. The Limits of Rationality in Collective Action Explanations

      • Sara Rachel Chant
      Pages 257-273

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 274-276
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About this book

A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field.

Reviews

"New Waves in Philosophy of Action is an excellent collection of the most recent and innovative work in the field of philosophy of action, which includes the topics of free will and moral responsibility. The editors have brought together several rising stars , and they have taken care to cover the most intriguing controversies currently unfolding. This would make a wonderful book for a graduate class. It will certainly become required reading for scholars working in this field." - Michael McKenna, University of Arizona, USA

"This is an excellent collection of papers on action theory. I especially like the fact that the essays are by young philosophers whose ideas will shape discussion for years to come." - Storrs McCall, McGill University, Canada

"This volume is impressive and refreshing testimony to the liveliness of a new generation of philosophers of action - both in advancing well established debates and in helpfully extending the boundaries of the subject." - John Bishop, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

    Jesús H. Aguilar

  • Marist College, USA

    Andrei A. Buckareff

  • The Open University, UK

    Keith Frankish

About the editors

TIM BAYNE is University Lecturer in the Philosophy of Mind at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. Catherine's College, UK LISA BORTOLOTTI is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK SARA RACHEL CHANT is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA NEIL LEVY is Director of Research at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics and Head of Neuroethics at the Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne, Australia DYLAN MURRAY is a Brains and Behavior Fellow in the Philosophy Department and the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, USA EDDY NAHMIAS is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, USA THOMAS NADELHOFFER is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dickinson College, USA BILL POLLARD is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK CAROLINA SARTORIO is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, USA MARKUS SCHLOSSER is a Research Fellow at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands YONATAN SHEMMER is a Lecturer of Philosophy at The University of Sheffield, UK MATTHEW SOTERIOU is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK MANUEL VARGAS is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Waves in Philosophy of Action

  • Editors: Jesús H. Aguilar, Andrei A. Buckareff, Keith Frankish

  • Series Title: New Waves in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304253

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-58060-2Published: 29 October 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23060-6Published: 29 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30425-3Published: 29 October 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6720

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6739

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 276

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology

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