Cambridge Studies in Philosophy: On Action (Paperback)

Carl Ginet; Ginet Carl; Ernest Sosa
Cambridge University Press
9780521388184
0-521-38818-X

This book deals with foundational issues in the history of the nature of action, the intentionality of action, the compatibility of freedom of action with determinism, and the explanation of action. Ginet's.

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is a volitional view: that every action has as its core a "simple" mental action. He develops a sophisticated account of the individuation of actions and also propounds a challenging version of the view that freedom of action is incompatible with determinism.