Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Analytic Philosophy
- Section One Language, Mind, Epistemology
- 1 Analytic Philosophy of Language
- 2 Analyticity
- 3 Philosophy of Linguistics
- 4 Varieties of Externalism, Linguistic and Mental
- 5 An Analytic-Hermeneutic History of Consciousness
- 6 Computational Philosophies of Mind
- 7 Philosophy of Action
- 8 Contemporary Responses to Radical Skepticism
- 9 Post-Gettier Epistemology
- Section Two Logic, Metaphysics, Science
- Section Three Analytic Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- Section Four Analytic Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion
- Part II Continental Philosophy
- Part III Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers, and Comparative Philosophy
- Part IV Epilogue: On the Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
- References
- Index
7 - Philosophy of Action
from Section One - Language, Mind, Epistemology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2019
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Analytic Philosophy
- Section One Language, Mind, Epistemology
- 1 Analytic Philosophy of Language
- 2 Analyticity
- 3 Philosophy of Linguistics
- 4 Varieties of Externalism, Linguistic and Mental
- 5 An Analytic-Hermeneutic History of Consciousness
- 6 Computational Philosophies of Mind
- 7 Philosophy of Action
- 8 Contemporary Responses to Radical Skepticism
- 9 Post-Gettier Epistemology
- Section Two Logic, Metaphysics, Science
- Section Three Analytic Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- Section Four Analytic Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion
- Part II Continental Philosophy
- Part III Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers, and Comparative Philosophy
- Part IV Epilogue: On the Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
- References
- Index
Summary
The philosophical study of human action begins with Plato and Aristotle. Their influence in late antiquity and the Middle Ages yielded sophisticated theories of action and motivation, notably in the works of Augustine and Aquinas.1 But the ideas that were dominant in 1945 have their roots in the early modern period, when advances in physics and mathematics reshaped philosophy.
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