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Negative actions : events, absences, and the metaphysics of agency, Jonathan D. Payton
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- Summary
- "Negative actions (intentional omissions, refrainments, etc.) seem to be genuine actions. The standard metaphysical theories of action are event-based: they treat actions as events of a special kind. But it seems that many (and perhaps all) negative actions are, not events, but absences thereof. In this book, I provide a comprehensive treatment of this problem and its solution. I trace the appearance that negative actions are mere absences to the widely-assumed view that negative action sentences (sentences which describe an agent as omitting, refraining, etc.) are negative existentials, reporting the non-occurrence of an event of a certain kind. I argue, on the contrary, that such sentences report the occurrence of an event, not the absence of one. Moreover, I show how these events can be identified with ordinary, positive events of the sort we should already have in our ontology. In developing these views, I provide a comprehensive picture of the metaphysics of negative actions, the nature of our thought and talk about them, and their place in a theory of action and agency"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 238 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108839792
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- Negative actions : events, absences, and the metaphysics of agency
- Title
- Negative actions
- Title remainder
- events, absences, and the metaphysics of agency
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan D. Payton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Negative actions (intentional omissions, refrainments, etc.) seem to be genuine actions. The standard metaphysical theories of action are event-based: they treat actions as events of a special kind. But it seems that many (and perhaps all) negative actions are, not events, but absences thereof. In this book, I provide a comprehensive treatment of this problem and its solution. I trace the appearance that negative actions are mere absences to the widely-assumed view that negative action sentences (sentences which describe an agent as omitting, refraining, etc.) are negative existentials, reporting the non-occurrence of an event of a certain kind. I argue, on the contrary, that such sentences report the occurrence of an event, not the absence of one. Moreover, I show how these events can be identified with ordinary, positive events of the sort we should already have in our ontology. In developing these views, I provide a comprehensive picture of the metaphysics of negative actions, the nature of our thought and talk about them, and their place in a theory of action and agency"--
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- Payton, Jonathan D
- Dewey number
- 128/.4
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- B105.A35
- LC item number
- P35 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Act (Philosophy)
- Action theory
- Intentionality (Philosophy)
- Agent (Philosophy)
- Events (Philosophy)
- Act (Philosophy)
- Action theory
- Agent (Philosophy)
- Events (Philosophy)
- Intentionality (Philosophy)
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- Negative actions : events, absences, and the metaphysics of agency, Jonathan D. Payton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- MSTDDAPRINT1196240433
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 238 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108839792
- Lccn
- 2020042250
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- Negative actions : events, absences, and the metaphysics of agency, Jonathan D. Payton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1196240433
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 238 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108839792
- Lccn
- 2020042250
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- unmediated
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