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Act (Philosophy) --- Time.

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Features the full-text of "Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress," which was declared on October 19, 1765 to protest the Stamp Act enacted by the British Parliament. Notes that the resolution asked for Parliament to repeal the act and presents the reasons why the colonies want the act repealed.

Jurisprudence. --- Stamp Act Congress

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About this book Mr. Burke contributes an introductory and summarizing remark, "What is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it? An answer to that question is the subject of this book. The book is concerned with the basic forms of thought which, in accordance with the nature of the world as all men necessarily experience it, are exemplified in the attributing of motives. These forms of thought can be embodied profoundly or trivially, truthfully or falsely. They are equally present in systematically elaborated or metaphysical structures, in legal judgments, in poetry and fiction, in political and scientific works, in news and in bits of gossip offered at random.".

Act (Philosophy). --- Rhetoric --- Philosophy.

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Introducing readers to a foundational topic in ethics, Wiland considers the reasons for which we act. The book lays out and critically reviews some of the most popular contemporary accounts of how reasons can function.

Ethics. --- Act (Philosophy) --- Intention. --- Reasoning.

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The traditional focus of debate in philosophy of action has been the causal theory of action and metaphysical questions about the nature of actions as events. This lucid and lively introduction to philosophy of action shows how these issues are subsidiary to more central ones that concern the nature of the will, practical rationality and moral psychology. By focusing on the idea that agency involves causal sensitivity to reasons, Rowland Stout shows how agency becomes one of the most useful ways into the philosophy of mind: if one can understand what it is to be a free and rational agent, then one is some way to understanding what it is to be a conscious subject of experience. Some of the questions considered include: is all action intentional action? Is intentional action characterized by its relation with possible justification? Do beliefs motivate actions, or do facts? What is the nature of the causal process of acting? Are intentions independent components in the explanation of action? Although the traditional Davidsonian agenda remains centre stage throughout, Stout locates it historically, alongside the ideas of Aristotle and Kant, and current issues of interest, like externalism, that move the debate beyond Davidson. Action is a fresh and engaging introduction to the many philosophical problems associated with agency and is ideally suited for students taking courses in philosophy of action, philosophy of mind and metaphysics.

Act (Philosophy) --- Action (Philosophy) --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Philosophy