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Author Thompson, Michael, 1959-

Title Life and action [electronic resource] : elementary structures of practice and practical thought / Michael Thompson.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Description vi, 223 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: The representation of life -- Can life be given a real definition? -- The representation of the living individual -- The representation of the life-form itself -- Part II: Naive action theory -- Types of practical explanation -- Naive explanation of action -- Action and time -- Part III: Practical generality -- Two tendencies in practical philosophy -- Practices and dispositions as sources of the goodness of individual actions -- Practice and disposition as sources of individual action.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Ethics.
Conduct of life.
Life.
Agent (Philosophy)
Act (Philosophy)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674016705 (alk. paper)
067401670X (alk. paper)

 
    
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