List of Illustrations x
Notes on Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xx
Introduction xxi
Part I Acts and Actions 1
1 Action Theory and Ontology 3E. J. Lowe
2 Basic Actions and Individuation 10Constantine Sandis
3 Trying to Act 18Jennifer Hornsby
4 Bodily Movements 26Adrian Haddock
5 The Causal Theory of Action 32Wayne A. Davis
6 Adverbs of Action and Logical Form 40Kirk Ludwig
7 Refraining, Omitting, and Negative Acts 50Kent Bach
8 Speech Acts 58Mitchell S. Green
9 Collective Action 67Margaret Gilbert
10 Habitual Actions 74Bill Pollard
11 Cambridge Actions 82David-Hillel Ruben
12 Pluralism about Action 90Elijah Millgram
Part II Agency and Causation 97
13 Volition and the Will 99Laura W. Ekstrom
14 Intention 108Alfred R. Mele
15 Desire and Pleasure 114Timothy Schroeder
16 Teleological Explanation 121Scott Sehon
17 Reasons and Causes 129Timothy O’Connor
18 Triggering and Structuring Causes 139Fred Dretske
19 Motivating Reasons 145Stephen Everson
20 Humeanism about Motivation 153Michael Smith
21 Deviant Causal Chains 159Rowland Stout
22 Action Explanation and the Unconscious 166Edward Harcourt
23 Mental Causation and Epiphenomenalism 174John Heil
24 The Explanatory Role of Consciousness 182Naomi Eilan
25 What a Difference Emotions Make 191Sabine A. Döring
26 Agency, Patiency, and Personhood 200Soran Reader
27 Mental Acts 209Joëlle Proust
28 Agent Causation 218Randolph Clarke
29 Bodily Awareness and Bodily Action 227Hong Yu Wong
30 Agents’ Knowledge 236Johannes Roessler
31 Practical Reasoning 244Bart Streumer
32 Deliberation and Decision 252Philip Pettit
33 Motivational Strength 259Alfred R. Mele
34 Addiction and Compulsion 267Neil Levy
35 Akrasia and Irrationality 274Sergio Tenenbaum
Part III Action in Special Contexts 283
36 Rationality 285John Broome
37 Motivational Internalism and Externalism 293G. F. Schueler
38 Free Will and Determinism 301Thomas Pink
39 Responsibility and Autonomy 309John Martin Fischer
40 Virtuous Action 317Rosalind Hursthouse
41 The Doctrine of Double Effect 324David S. Oderberg
42 Action and Criminal Responsibility 331R. A. Duff
43 Intention in Law 338Gideon Yaffe
44 Scientifi c Challenges to Free Will 345Eddy Nahmias
45 Intentional Action in Folk Psychology 357Bertram F. Malle
46 Attribution Theory 366Bernard Weiner
47 Rational Agency in Evolutionary Perspective 374Kim Sterelny and Ben Jeffares
48 Animal Agency 384Hans-Johann Glock
49 Action in Cognitive Ethology 393Marc Bekoff
50 Action in History and Social Science 401Daniel Little
51 The Prediction of Action 410Nassim N. Taleb and Avital Pilpel
Part IV Prominent Figures 417
52 Indian Philosophers 419Elisa Freschi
53 Plato 429Christine J. Thomas
54 Aristotle 439Ursula Coope
55 Stoics, Epicureans, and Aristotelians 447T. H. Irwin
56 Augustine and Aquinas 459Stephen Boulter
57 Duns Scotus 466Thomas Williams
58 Thomas Hobbes 473Thomas Pink
59 Descartes 481Paul Hoffman
60 Locke 490Matthew Stuart
61 Berkeley 496Tom Stoneham
62 Thomas Reid 505Maria Alvarez
63 Hume 513Annette C. Baier
64 Kant 521Eric Watkins
65 Nietzsche 528Brian Leiter
66 Hegel 537Michael Quante
67 Weber 546Kieran Allen
68 Wittgenstein 554Severin Schroeder
69 Ryle 562Julia Tanney
70 Sartre 570Katherine J. Morris
71 Chisholm 578Michael J. Zimmerman
72 Von Wright 589Frederick Stoutland
73 Davidson 598Ralf Stoecker
74 Anscombe 606Roger Teichmann
75 Ricoeur 613Anna C. Zielinska
Index 622