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Structures of agency

Bratman, Michael.

Structures of agency essays / [electronic resource] : Michael E. Bratman. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 321 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Planning, temporally extended agency, and self-governance. Reflection, planning, and temporally extended agency ; Valuing and the will ; Hierarchy, circularity, and double reduction ; Two problems about human agency ; Nozick on free will. Appendix: Nozick, free will, and the problem of agential authority ; A desire of one's own ; Autonomy and hierarchy ; Three forms of agential commitment: reply to Cullity and Gerrans -- ; Planning agency, autonomous agency ; Three theories of self-governance -- Extending the theory temptation revisited ; Shared valuing and frameworks for practical reasoning.

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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2013.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA689483 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Autonomy (Philosophy)
Agent (Philosophy)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B105.I56 / B74 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 128/.4