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Theory of Human Action
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Theory of Human Action
Contributors:
By (Author) Alvin I. Goldman
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Cognition and cognitive psychology
Dewey:
153
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
246
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
340g
Description
This book articulates an original scheme for the conceptualization of action. Beginning with a new approach to the individuation of acts, it delineates the relationships between basic and non-basic acts and uses these relationships in the definition of ability and intentional action. The author exhibits the central role of wants and beliefs in the
