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    <subTitle>elementary structures of practice and practical thought</subTitle>
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    <namePart type="date">1959-</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
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  <tableOfContents>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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Michael Thompson.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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    <topic>Ethics</topic>
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    <topic>Conduct of life</topic>
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    <topic>Life</topic>
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    <topic>Agent (Philosophy)</topic>
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