{"product_id":"action-knowledge-and-will-john-hyman-9780198735779","title":"Action, Knowledge, and Will","description":"Human agency has four irreducibly different dimensions - psychological, ethical, intellectual, and physical - which the traditional idea of a will tended to conflate. Twentieth-century philosophers criticized the idea that acts are caused by 'willing' or 'volition', but the study of human\u003cbr\u003eaction continued to be governed by a tendency to equate these dimensions of agency, or to reduce one to another. Cutting across the branches of philosophy, from logic and epistemology to ethics and jurisprudence, \u003cem\u003eAction, Knowledge, and Will\u003c\/em\u003e defends comprehensive theories of action and knowledge, and\u003cbr\u003eshows how thinking about agency in four dimensions deepens our understanding of human conduct and its causes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAction, Knowledge, and Will\u003c\/em\u003e, John Hyman ranges across the branches of philosophy, from logic and epistemology to ethics and jurisprudence, defends comprehensive theories of action and knowledge, and offers new answers to some of the most challenging theoretical and practical questions about human\u003cbr\u003econduct, for example: What is the difference between the changes in our bodies we cause personally ourselves, such as the movements of our legs when we walk, and the movements we do not cause personally, such as the contraction of the heart? Are the acts we do to escape threats or fulfil obligations\u003cbr\u003edone voluntarily, out of choice? Should duress exculpate a defendant completely, or should it merely mitigate the criminality of an act? When we explain an intentional act by stating our reasons for doing it, do we explain it causally or teleologically or both? How does knowledge inform rational\u003cbr\u003ebehaviour? Is knowledge a better guide to action than belief?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198735774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198735779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"John Hyman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202623979775,"sku":"9780198735779","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80f044f7-b240-423b-84d9-b98a6f42b105.jpg?v=1756832911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/action-knowledge-and-will-john-hyman-9780198735779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}