PHL 355 - Action Theory

Sophomore standing or consent of instructor. (3)

Examination of classic and contemporary attempts to explain the processes of intentional (willful) human bodily movements. Various questions concerning the agent’s wants beliefs about his actions, responsibility for actions, and role (if any) causal determinism plays in human action. Reading of works by Aristotle, Aquinas, Hume, Wittgenstien, Strawson, Anscombe, Searle, Davidson, Taylor and others. Graded ABCDE