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Actions, philosophy: Actions are conscious or unconscious human actions as opposed to physical events. The action can take place against the will of the agent, but only if the opposed will is not strong enough to prevent the execution entirely._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Michael Pauen on Actions - Dictionary of Arguments
Pauen I 282 Actor’s causality/Chisholm/Pauen: (Chisholm 1978))(1) (following Kant): the subject must be able to be the author of a causal chain. "Unmoved mover". >Freedom, >Free will. PauenVsChisholm: Problem: education and inheritance, as well as wishes and needs question the autonomy. >Second nature, >Inheritance, >Culture, >Desires, >Intentionality, >I. Kant. 1. R. Chisholm (1978). Is There A Mind-Body Problem? Philosophic Exchange Vol. 9 Nr. 1._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Pauen I M. Pauen Grundprobleme der Philosophie des Geistes Frankfurt 2001 |
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