Human nature : the categorial framework / P.M.S. Hacker.

Author
Hacker, P. M. S. (Peter Michael Stephan) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Description
xii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    "This major new study, by one of the most penetrating and persistent critics of philosophical and scientific orthodoxy, returns to Aristotle in order to examine the salient categories in terms of which we think about ourselves and our nature. An overview of the concepts of substance, causation, power and agency provides the background for an investigation into teleology, rationality and explanations of behaviour in terms of reasons. This is the stage-set for the analysis of the concepts of mind, self, body and person."--BOOK JACKET.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The project
    • Substance
    • Causation
    • Powers
    • Agency
    • Teleology and teleological explanation
    • Reasons and explanation of human action
    • The mind
    • The self and the body
    • The person.
    ISBN
    • 1405147288 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781405147286 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2006103171
    OCLC
    77759216
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