Agency in Action: The Practical Rational Agency Machine

ISBN-13: 9780792316619 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 206 str.

S. C. Coval; P. G. Campbell

Opis

When agency or intentional causation has occurred, the theory presented here identifies an object ascribable to the agent - his action - which, through its properties, reveals its intentional cause.

Spis treści

List of Figures. Preface. 1. Action as Explanation. 2. Agency: Its Terms and Relations. 3. The Rational Processes of Agency. 4. The Semantics of Action. 5. A Design Document for PRAGMA. Appendix 1: Notation. Appendix 2: Part 1. Objects in the Logical Space of Action. Part 2. Agency Stream Profiles and their Corresponding Explanatory Objects. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.