Intention and Practical Thought

Gerhard Preyer is Professor of Sociology at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Among his publications are Donald Davidson’s Philosophy. From Radical Interpretation to Radical Contextualism and Interpretation; Language and the Social. Philosophical Articles. He edits ProtoSociology. An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (www.protosociology.de)

Geographical Overview Analytical Philosophy of Action Part I Enigmas of Agency 1. The Reference of Action Description (a) Attributing and Ascribing Action (b) On Critique of the Identity Theory (c) Actions and Body Movement (d) What Sort of Theory of Action is possible? 2. Explaining Action (a) Theoretical and Practical Thinking (b) Belief and Intention (c) Practical Thought (i) Situation (ii) Intention (iii) Practical Thought (d) An Intentional Explanation Part II Practical Reasoning 1. Decision and the Execution of Intention 2. Practical Inference 3. The Humean Theory of Motivation 4. Evaluative Attitude (i) The Extent of the Unified Theory (ii) Cognitive and Evaluative Attitudes References Name Index Subject Index