Concept information
Preferred term
philosophy of action
Definition
- The use of the label philosophy of action gained currency roughly in the second half of the 20th century. However, although the label is relatively new, the subject matter is not. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Mind; Philosophy of Action]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- agency (sociology)
- causes versus reasons in action explanation
- coalition logic
- collective agents
- decision theory
- deontic logic and agency
- emotion
- folk psychology
- group mind
- institutions as moral persons
- intentionality
- metacognition and agency
- mirror neurons and motor cognition in action explanation
- philosophical conceptions of free will
- philosophical theory of action
- recent uses of Bayesianism
- simulation theory
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/philosophy_of_action
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