TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Michael ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Life and action: elementary structures of practice and practical thought AV - BJ37 .T49 2008eb U1 - 191 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Ethics KW - Conduct of life KW - Life KW - Agent (Philosophy) KW - Act (Philosophy) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10312792 ER -