Action, Emotion, and Will - Couverture souple

Kenny, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1855063190 ISBN 13 : 9781855063198

Editeur : Thoemmes Continuum, 1995

Synopsis

Kenny attacks previous philosophical tendencies that considered the passions primarily as objects of inspection, the presence of which we are aware by having them, and traces his argument against behaviourists who define emotions in terms of patterns of behaviour. Rejecting the view that emotions, motives and desires are private internal events, differentiated by their different feels, he argues that they are differentiated by the kinds of desires, contexts and activities that are relevant to them. Through a variety of distinctions and analyses, he sketches a theory of the will developed from Geach's account of judgement found in "Mental Acts". He searches for an account of "fully human action" where intention is central and develops an interesting and original theory of voluntary action.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Kenny's account of action and emotion is still essential reading for anyone interested in these topics.
The first part of the book takes an historical look at the emotions in the work of Descartes, Locke and particularly Hume. In the second part, Kenny moves on to discuss some of the experimental work on the emotions by 20th Century psychologists like William James. Separate chapters cover feelings, motives, desire and pleasure. This edition features a brand new preface by the author.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sir Anthony Kenny is former Professor of Philosophy at St. John's College, Oxford. he is the author of many books, including The Oxford History of Western Philosophy and Aquinas on Being.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thoemmes Continuum
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1855063190
• ISBN 13: 9781855063198
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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