Name: agent causality
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Author: vollmer
ISBN: 9780792358480

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Publisher

Springer

Author

vollmer

Language

English

Pages

176

ISBN

0792358481

ISBN13

9780792358480

Synopsis "agent causality"

who - or what - is an agent? how - in virtue of what - does an agent do things, or refrain from doing them? in this attempt to understand the concept of agent causality, vollmer proposes that persons are in control of their actions in virtue of reflective consciousness, consisting of a primary, intrinsic, nonobservational awareness of ones own activity, and a capacity to form second-order thoughts about such activity. according to traditional action theory, only behaviour that an agent is aware of performing (under some description) counts as action. in vollmers view, however, reflective consciousness plays a more important role than just determining what someone is doing, or under what description the action is intentional. reflective consciousness is what gives you control and renders you free. reflective consciousness is what you are. readership: professionals and students interested in theoretical psychology and the theory of action.