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Life and Action : Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought / Michael Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674016705
  • 9780674033962
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 191 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ37 .T49 2008
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Representation of Life -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Can Life Be Given a Real Definition? -- 3. The Representation of the Living Individual -- 4. The Representation of the Life-Form Itself -- PART TWO. Naive Action Theory -- 5. Introductory -- 6. Types of Practical Explanation -- 7. Naive Explanation of Action -- 8. Action and Time -- PART THREE. Practical Generality -- 9. Two Tendencies in Practical Philosophy -- 10. Practices and Dispositions as Sources of the Goodness of Individual Actions -- 11. Practice and Disposition as Sources of Individual Action -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts-concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This clarity is Michael Thompson's aim in his ambitious work. In Thompson's view, failure to comprehend the structures of thought and judgment expressed in these concepts has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Representation of Life -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Can Life Be Given a Real Definition? -- 3. The Representation of the Living Individual -- 4. The Representation of the Life-Form Itself -- PART TWO. Naive Action Theory -- 5. Introductory -- 6. Types of Practical Explanation -- 7. Naive Explanation of Action -- 8. Action and Time -- PART THREE. Practical Generality -- 9. Two Tendencies in Practical Philosophy -- 10. Practices and Dispositions as Sources of the Goodness of Individual Actions -- 11. Practice and Disposition as Sources of Individual Action -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts-concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This clarity is Michael Thompson's aim in his ambitious work. In Thompson's view, failure to comprehend the structures of thought and judgment expressed in these concepts has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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