Essays on Actions and Events

Philosophical Essays Volume 1

Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)

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Clarendon Press
01 October 2001

Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind

Series: The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson (5 Volumes)

Donald Davidson has prepared a new edition of his classic 1980 collection of Essays on Actions and Events, including two additional essays. In this seminal investigation of the nature of human action, Davidson argues for an ontology which includes events along with persons and other objects. Certain events are identified and explained as actions when they are viewed as caused and rationalized by reasons; these same events, when described in physical, biological, or physiological terms, may be explained by appeal to natural laws. The mental and the physical thus constitute irreducibly discrete ways of explaining and understanding events and their causal relations.

Among the topics discussed are: freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory. The introduction, cross-references, and appendices emphasize the relations between the essays and explain how Davidson's views have developed.

By: Donald Davidson ( University of California Berkeley)
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 5 Volumes
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9780199246274
ISBN 10: 0199246270
Series: The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson (5 Volumes)
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 October 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Donald Davidson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald Davidson is Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, completing his Ph.D. in classical philosophy after serving in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Before coming to Berkeley in 1981, he was Professor at Stanford, Princeton, Rockefeller, and the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Reviews for Essays on Actions and Events: Philosophical Essays Volume 1

Review from other book by this author `...these intriguing views are ingeniously argued and fruitfully provocative.' Philosophy. `Review from previous edition 'it must be said that this is one of the most impressive works of analytical philosophy to appear for a good many years.'' Peter Strawson, Times Literary Supplement `Review from previous edition 'it must be said that this is one of the most impressive works of analytical philosophy to appear for a good many years... The positions adopted are argued for with an extraordinarily sustained seriousness and determination... the work will become, and deserves to become, a classic in its field.'' Peter Strawson, Times Literary Supplement