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Knowledge in Action - Softcover

Valaris, Markos

 
9781009745741: Knowledge in Action
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1009745743 ISBN 13: 9781009745741
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

What sets intentional actions apart from the rest has long been a central question in the philosophy of action. In this book, Markos Valaris offers a novel answer, grounded in a distinctive 'knowledge-first' conception of agential control. Rejecting decompositional accounts that analyse intentional action into separate mental and bodily components, Valaris argues that control is best understood as a capacity for knowledge of a distinctively practical kind. This framework yields a unified account of intentional action and illuminates several live debates in the field, including the ontology of actions as events, the epistemology of intentional action, and the nature of skill.

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About the Author

Markos Valaris is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He works primarily on topics in philosophy of action, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009745743
ISBN 13 
9781009745741
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
204