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Life and action [electronic resource] : elementary structures of practice and practical thought / Michael Thompson.

Thompson, Michael, 1959-
2008
BJ37 .T49 2008eb
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Title
Life and action [electronic resource] : elementary structures of practice and practical thought / Michael Thompson.
Author
Thompson, Michael, 1959-
ISBN
9780674016705 (alk. paper)
067401670X (alk. paper)
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
vi, 223 p. ; 25 cm.
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BJ37 .T49 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
191
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Part I: The representation of life
Can life be given a real definition?
The representation of the living individual
The representation of the life-form itself
Part II: Naive action theory
Types of practical explanation
Naive explanation of action
Action and time
Part III: Practical generality
Two tendencies in practical philosophy
Practices and dispositions as sources of the goodness of individual actions
Practice and disposition as sources of individual action.

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