Questions tagged [action]
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Can every kind of object perform actions?
I am researching about actions and if things that aren't animals can perform them. Does anyone know whether the class of actions includes things done by inanimate objects like clocks and machines?
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Any works that go in depth on the psychological underpinnings of engaging in philosophical inquiry at all?
Any works that attack in a systematic way the fears and hopes etc. that lie under the person who engages in philosophy? For instance, I know that is very plausible to say that basically all religions (...
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What does Aristotle mean by "poiein"?
When Aristotle talks about poiein does he mean the accomplishment or the actual undertaking of something?
For e.g. with "the man was cutting a hedge" and "the man cut a hedge", ...
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Philosophy of Action 101
I am looking for a concise introductory work to the philosophy of action, to use as a background text from which to start for a work in the field of social sciences.
After extense review, I haven't ...
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Defending Pereboom's deliberation-compatibilism from Widerker's objections, conceptualizing "agents" as Turing machines
I am trying to overcome David Widerker's objection to Derk Pereboom's account of rational deliberation. I include both Pereboom's account and Widerker's objection as a reminder/introduction at the end ...
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Divine impassibility + divine simplicity = strong impassibility?
(In theory, this is a denomination- or even religion-neutral question about the concept of a divine being. We take properties (like omniscience or having avatars) or hyperproperties (like aseity or ...
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The "rule of one" in state of emergencies
The "rule of one" (monarchy) was preferred by many pre-modern philosophers as a form of government. E.g. Thomas Aquinas regarded it as most perfect government, since it imitates nature (like ...
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Is there a difference between believing something and behaving as if it were true?
To clarify, I mean without deception. In other words, if something seems plausible to me, and I decide to act on it as though it were true while recognizing that I could be mistaken, do I believe it?
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Killing with bare hands vs Rube Goldberg killing machine: How can we connect causes to persons, and so be morally responsible for effects by us?
What brought up this question:
I was watching a television show and was thinking of how powerful individuals can obtain hired guns to do their dirty work. The police and legal system then has ...
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A restriction on an action-language
Suppose that it is possible to "construct" a language where individual virtuous actions can make a referential contribution, sequentially in concerto, so that different patterns are ...
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In the "philosophy of action" what is the difference between an "intention" and a "volition"
Reading about the philosophy of action here,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_(philosophy)
I am finding it difficult to distinguish between the two. What is meant by intention and how is it ...
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Relation between free will and consciousness
What is the relationship between consciousness and free will ? Many scientists think there is no free will.
And does free will mean a phenomenon not bound by cause and effect ?
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Decisions, intentions and actions
I need help with a practical question about intention and action.
I had a brownie. I decided to eat half a brownie now, and save half for later.
Then, a few moments after making that decision, I found ...
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How might a decision be defined if it is to be defined as something other than an act (a 'thing done')?
This question represents the second I have asked in relation to an argument I posted here approximately a year ago, which aims at a proof for the impossibility of free will.
It is inappropriate to ...
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How can spirituality be reliably researched? [closed]
My questions are
1 is there a reliable method for research into spiritual activity such as an individual providing healing, or any other service?
2 is there a ‘happy medium’ pardon the pun, that’s ...
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