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Habits in Action: A Corrective to the Neglect of Habits in Contemporary Philosophy of Action - Couverture souple

Pollard, Bill

 
9783836469821: Habits in Action: A Corrective to the Neglect of Habits in Contemporary Philosophy of Action
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3836469820 ISBN 13 : 9783836469821
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

We are creatures of habit. Today''s philosophers don''t appreciate this. The result is that we tend to "intellectualise" rational human actions by assuming they result from processes of reasoning, when in fact actions usually consist of familiar routines done without any thought at all. Intellectualism misrepresents actions and creates intractable problems. This book offers a solution.An analysis is offered of habitual actions as repeated, automatic behaviours, which are also responsible since they are under the agent''s control. This analysis is located in an anti-intellectual tradition shared by Aristotle, Ryle and Wittgenstein. Against Davidson, McDowell and Dancy who assume rational actions are "actions for reasons", a non-intellectual habit-centred conception of rational actions is proposed. This conception provides new resources for virtue theoretical criticism of Humean thinkers like Smith and Blackburn, and for clarification of McDowell''s naturalism.This book will appeal to professional philosophers and students working in philosophy of action, philosophy of mind, ethics or moral psychology, and anyone else interested in the nature of human action and rationality.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

We are creatures of habit. Today''s philosophers don''t appreciate this. The result is that we tend to "intellectualise" rational human actions by assuming they result from processes of reasoning, when in fact actions usually consist of familiar routines done without any thought at all. Intellectualism misrepresents actions and creates intractable problems. This book offers a solution.An analysis is offered of habitual actions as repeated, automatic behaviours, which are also responsible since they are under the agent''s control. This analysis is located in an anti-intellectual tradition shared by Aristotle, Ryle and Wittgenstein. Against Davidson, McDowell and Dancy who assume rational actions are "actions for reasons", a non-intellectual habit-centred conception of rational actions is proposed. This conception provides new resources for virtue theoretical criticism of Humean thinkers like Smith and Blackburn, and for clarification of McDowell''s naturalism.This book will appeal to professional philosophers and students working in philosophy of action, philosophy of mind, ethics or moral psychology, and anyone else interested in the nature of human action and rationality.

Biographie de l'auteur

Bill Pollard studied philosophy at the Universities of Durham and Cambridge. He has worked at the Universities of Durham, Warwick, York and Edinburgh in the UK, and Dartmouth College in the USA. He is a specialist in the philosophy of action and ethics.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3836469820
ISBN 13 
9783836469821
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
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Personne responsable
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