Human agency : language, duty, and value : philosophical essays in honor of J.O. Urmson
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Human agency : language, duty, and value : philosophical essays in honor of J.O. Urmson
Stanford University Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. [277]-281
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Description and Table of Contents
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The essays in this volume explore current work in central areas of philosophy, work unified by attention to salient questions of human action and human agency. They ask what it is for humans to act knowledgeably, to use language, to be friends, to act heroically, to be mortally fortunate, and to produce as well as to appreciate art. The volume is dedicated to J. O. Urmson, in recognition of his inspirational contributions to these areas. All the essays but one have been specially written for this volume.
Table of Contents
- Introduction J. M. E. Moravcsik
- Prichard and knowledge J. O. Urmson
- Part I. Theories of language Use: 1. Things done with words Jennifer Hornsby
- 2. Context-fixing semantics for the language of action Patrick Suppes and Colleen Crangle
- 3. Mood and the analysis of non-declarative sentences Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber
- Part II. Duty and the Moral Life: 4. Aristotle on moral luck Anthony Kenny
- 5. Urmson on Aristotle on pleasure C. C. W. Taylor
- 6. The perils of friendship and conceptions of the self J. M. E. Moravcsik
- 7. Moral subjects, freedom, and idiosyncrasy David Heyd
- 8. Supererogation and moral realism Jonathan Dancy
- 9. What does intuituinism imply? Bernard Williams
- Part III. Aesthetic Values and Valuations: 10. Aesthetic satisfaction Bruce Vermazen
- 11. Live performances and dead composers: on the ethics of musical interpretation Peter Kivy
- 12. The presentation and portrayal of sound patterns Kendall L. Walton
- 13. Sports and art: beginning questions
- Philosophical writings of J. O. Urmson
- Notes
- Index of names.
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