Life and Action by Michael Thompson
Using three investigations, this book considers life, action, and practice successively, attempting to exhibit these interrelated concepts as pure categories of thought, and to show how a proper exposition of them must be Aristotelian in character.
An exceptional piece of philosophy that is a reservoir of deep insights concerning life, action, and practicesThe theory of action developed here, in particular, stands among the most significant contributions to action theory in recent years. It is quite simply a "must read" for anyone working in the area. Although Thompson's arguments will be of particular interest to philosophers working in action theory and ethics, they have much to offer those with interest in logic, philosophy of biology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of psychology...Thompson's theory of action is dazzling--deep, original, revolutionary, and in certain respects (I suspect) just plain right. -- Paul Hurley Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 20090201
Michael Thompson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674016705 |
| ISBN 10 | 067401670X |
| Title | Life and Action |
| Author | Michael Thompson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2008-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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