The Explanation of Behaviour

ISBN-13: 9780367705220 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 302 str.

Charles Taylor; Alva Noë

Opis

A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology and a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism. Includes a new Preface by the author and a new Foreword by Alva Noë, setting the book in philosophical and historical context.

Spis treści

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Alva Noë  Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition Charles Taylor  Part 1: Explanation by Purpose  1. Purpose and Teleology  2. Action and Desire  3. Intentionality  4. The Data Language  5. The Problem of Verification  Part 2: Theory and Fact  6. The Determinants of Learning  7. What Is Learned?  8. Spatial Orientation  9. The Direction of Behaviour  10. The Ends of Behaviour  11. Conclusion  Index

O autorze

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus at McGill University, Canada. The author of many books on social and political philosophy, the philosophy of mind and language and the history of philosophy, he is one of the best-known and widely read philosophers in the world. He is also a prominent figure in Canadian politics and is a prominent voice in debates about liberalism and multiculturalism.