Understanding human agency [electronic resource] /
by Mayr, Erasmus.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (x, 314 p.).ISBN: 9780191731631 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Act (Philosophy) | Agent (Philosophy)Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: How can we be active agents when processes in the world are explicable by the laws of natural science? Erasmus Mayr explores this deep-running tension in our self-understanding and develops a new agent-causal solution to the conflict. He argues that actions explained by aims and reasons are compatible with a scientific view of the universe.
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How can we be active agents when processes in the world are explicable by the laws of natural science? Erasmus Mayr explores this deep-running tension in our self-understanding and develops a new agent-causal solution to the conflict. He argues that actions explained by aims and reasons are compatible with a scientific view of the universe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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