Action and Its Explanation

by David-Hillel Ruben

Overview

David-Hillel Ruben mounts a defence of some unusual and original positions in the philosophy of action. Written from a point of view out of sympathy with the assumptions of much of contemporary philosophical action theory, his book draws its inspiration from philosophers as diverse as Aristotle, Berkeley, and Marx. Ruben's work is located in the tradition of the metaphysics of action, and will attract much attention from his peers and from students in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198235880
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	08/01/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

University of London

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Cambridge Theory of Action
2. Some Preliminaries
3. Theories of Action and an Introduction to the Causal Theory of Action
4. The Causal Theory of Action
5. More Theories
6. A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation
Appendix on the Epistemology of Action