Book contents
- Negative Actions
- Negative Actions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Action and Ontology
- Chapter 2 The Problem of Negative Action
- Chapter 3 Mere Manifestations of Agency?
- Chapter 4 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences I
- Chapter 5 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences II
- Chapter 6 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences III
- Chapter 7 Realizer-Functionalism and the Metaphysics of Events
- Chapter 8 Objections
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2021
- Negative Actions
- Negative Actions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Action and Ontology
- Chapter 2 The Problem of Negative Action
- Chapter 3 Mere Manifestations of Agency?
- Chapter 4 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences I
- Chapter 5 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences II
- Chapter 6 The Logical Form of Negative Action Sentences III
- Chapter 7 Realizer-Functionalism and the Metaphysics of Events
- Chapter 8 Objections
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
In this Introduction, I briefly sketch 'the problem of negative action', which I will be concerned, in the remainder of the book, to explore and to solve. I also provide a sketch of the book as a whole, and provide a brief defense of my methodology.
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- Negative ActionsEvents, Absences, and the Metaphysics of Agency, pp. 1 - 8Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021