Intention, Plans and Practical Reason (The David Hume Series) - Softcover

Book 3 of 6: The David Hume

Bratman, Michael E.

 
9781575861920: Intention, Plans and Practical Reason (The David Hume Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1575861925 ISBN 13: 9781575861920
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf, 1999

Synopsis

Michael E. Bratman develops a planning theory of intention. Intentions are treated as elements of partial plans of action. These plans play basic roles in practical reasoning, roles that support the organization of our activities over time and socially. Bratman explores the impact of this approach on a wide range of issues, including the relation between intention and intentional action, and the distinction between intended and expected effects of what one intends.

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Book Description

What happens to our conception of mind and rational agency when we take seriously future-directed intentions and plans and their roles as inputs into further practical reasoning? Bratman develops further some of the main themes of previously written essays and also explores a variety of related ideas and issues.

Synopsis

What happens to our conception of mind and rational agency when we take seriously future-directed intentions and plans and their roles as inputs into further practical reasoning? The author's initial efforts in responding to this question resulted in a series of papers that he wrote during the early 1980s. In this book, Bratman develops further some of the main themes of these essays and also explores a variety of related ideas and issues. He develops a planning theory of intention. Intentions are treated as elements of partial plans of action. These plans play basic roles in practical reasoning, roles that support the organization of our activities over time and socially. Bratman explores the impact of this approach on a wide range of issues, including the relation between intention and intentional action, and the distinction between intended and expected effects of what one intends.

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Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1575861925
ISBN 13 
9781575861920
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208

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