Life and Action

Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought

Michael Thompson

    • Introduction

      Part One: The Representation of Life

    1. Introductory
    2. Can Life be Given a Real Definition?
    3. The Representation of the Living Individual
    4. The Representation of the Life Form Itself

      5. Part Two: Naïve Action Theory

    5. Introductory
    6. Types of Practical Explanation
    7. Naïve Explanation of Action
    8. Action and Time

      9. Part Three: Practical Generality

    9. Two Tendencies in Practical Philosophy
    10. Practices and Dispositions as Sources of the Goodness of Individual Actions
    11. Practice and Disposition as Sources of Individual Actions Themselves
    • Index
  • Cover: Life and Action

Michael Thompson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.