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Action, Knowledge, and Will

Author : John Hyman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191054631
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Action, Knowledge, and Will written by John Hyman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the difference between the movements in our bodies we cause personally ourselves, such as the movements of our legs or our lips when we walk or speak, and the movements we do not cause personally, such as the contraction of the heart? Is an act that is done under duress done voluntarily, out of choice? Should duress exculpate a defendant completely, or should it merely mitigate the criminality of an act? When we explain an intentional act by stating our reasons for doing it, do we explain it causally or teleologically, or both? Should we care whether our choices are guided by knowledge or mere true belief? In Action, Knowledge, and Will, John Hyman explores these and other central problems in the philosophy of action and the theory of knowledge, and connects these areas of enquiry in a new way. The main premise of the book is that human action has four irreducibly different dimensions, each with its own family of concepts: - a physical dimension, in which the principal concepts are those of agent, power, and causation; - a psychological dimension, with the concepts of desire, aim, and intention; - an ethical dimension, with the concepts of voluntariness and choice; - an intellectual dimension, with the concepts of reason, knowledge, and belief. Studying each of these dimensions of human action separately yields a string of original results, culminating in a new analysis of the relationship between knowledge and rational behaviour, which provides the foundation for a new theory of knowledge itself.

Action, Knowledge, and Will

Author : John Hyman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198735774
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Action, Knowledge, and Will written by John Hyman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hyman explores central problems in philosophy of action and the theory of knowledge, and connects these areas of enquiry in a new way. His approach to the dimensions of human action culminates in an original analysis of the relation between knowledge and rational behaviour, which provides the foundation for a new theory of knowledge itself.

Knowing How

Author : John Bengson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190452838
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Knowing How written by John Bengson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge how to do things is a pervasive and central element of everyday life. Yet it raises many difficult questions that must be answered by philosophers and cognitive scientists aspiring to understand human cognition and agency. What is the connection between knowing how and knowing that? Is knowledge how simply a type of ability or disposition to act? Is there an irreducibly practical form of knowledge? What is the role of the intellect in intelligent action? This volume contains fifteen state of the art essays by leading figures in philosophy and linguistics that amplify and sharpen the debate between "intellectualists" and "anti-intellectualists" about mind and action, highlighting the conceptual, empirical, and linguistic issues that motivate and sustain the conflict. The essays also explore various ways in which this debate informs central areas of ethics, philosophy of action, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Knowing How covers a broad range of topics dealing with tacit and procedural knowledge, the psychology of skill, expertise, intelligence and intelligent action, the nature of ability, the syntax and semantics of embedded questions, the mind-body problem, phenomenal character, epistemic injustice, moral knowledge, the epistemology of logic, linguistic competence, the connection between knowledge and understanding, and the relation between theory and practice. This is the book on knowing how--an invaluable resource for philosophers, linguists, psychologists, and others concerned with knowledge, mind, and action.

Knowledge and Action

Author : Peter Meusburger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331944588X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Action written by Peter Meusburger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores interdependencies between knowledge, action, and space from different interdisciplinary perspectives. Some of the contributors discuss knowledge as a social construct based on collective action, while others look at knowledge as an individual capacity for action. The chapters contain theoretical frameworks as well as experimental outcomes. Readers will gain insight into key questions such as: How does knowledge function as a prerequisite for action? Why are knowledge gaps growing and not diminishing in a knowledge society? How much knowledge is necessary for action? How do various types of knowledge influence the steps from cognition to action? How do different representations of knowledge shape action? What impact have spatial conditions for the formation of knowledge? What is the relationship between social and geographical space? The contributors consider rationality in social and economic theories as well as in everyday life. Attention is also given to action theoretic approaches and rationality from the viewpoints of psychology, post-structuralism, and human geography, making this an attractive book for students, researchers and academics of various backgrounds. This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Knowledge to Action

Author : Alonzo L. Plough
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190669349
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge to Action written by Alonzo L. Plough and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN ESSENTIAL CONVERSATION FROM TODAY'S LEADING VOICES ON EFFECTING CHANGE IN HEALTH AND SOCIETY "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has changed the conversation about health in the United States." --Jo Ivey Boufford, President, New York Academy of Medicine In a society where a person's zip code is a stronger predictor of health status than their genetic profile, every public health challenge is also a challenge of equity, implementation, and policy. For better or worse, improving health requires societal change, and the scale of today's societal challenges can have a stifling effect on even the most well-intended efforts. Assembled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and featuring today's most prominent voices from diverse sectors, Knowledge to Action is a collection of short conversations focused on the idea of meaningful change -- its definition, its impediments, and exploring how we can transition from research to action in health, well-being, and equity. Steeped in honesty and benefiting from the diverse experiences of an extraordinary assembly of academics, journalists, policymakers, public health practitioners, and researchers, this book offers provocative yet actionable perspectives that will benefit anyone who reads it.

Action and Knowledge

Author : Orlando Fals-Borda
Publisher : Intermediate Technology Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Action and Knowledge written by Orlando Fals-Borda and published by Intermediate Technology Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical problems require technical solutions that are innovative, simple, cheap, robust and easy to maintain. This book lists 100 winning inventions in the first International Inventors Award competition, organized in Stockholm.

The Knowing-doing Gap

Author : Jeffrey Pfeffer
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9781578511242
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Knowing-doing Gap written by Jeffrey Pfeffer and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The market for business knowledge is booming as companies looking to improve their performance pour millions of pounds into training programmes, consultants, and executive education. Why then, are there so many gaps between what firms know they should do and waht they actual do? This volume confronts the challenge of turning knowledge about how to improve performance into actions that produce measurable results. The authors identify the causes of this gap and explain how to close it.

The Word of Knowledge in Action

Author : Art Thomas
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768489970
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book The Word of Knowledge in Action written by Art Thomas and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until this book, the word of knowledge has been a largely misunderstood gift of the Spirit. Now the truth is told! The Word of Knowledge in Action is the first book completely dedicated to a comprehensive, biblically-sound analysis of this spiritual gift. More than that, through testimonies and biblical examples there is page after page of rich, practical advice for implementing this gift in the context of supernatural Christianity. Through personal experience, practical counsel, and biblical revelation, author Art Thomas brings this special spiritual gift to life in a whole new way by citing tested and proven strategies for integrating the word of knowledge into your everyday Kingdom life. With clarity, wisdom, and simplicity, the Scriptures are presented in fresh, vibrant ways, bringing revival to all who will receive.

Knowledge for Action

Author : Chris Argyris
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge for Action written by Chris Argyris and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1993-04-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovering roadblocks to improvement; Diagnosing and intervening in the organization; Using key learnings to solve problem situations.

Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education

Author : Lina Markauskaite
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9400743696
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education written by Lina Markauskaite and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, by combining sociocultural, material, cognitive and embodied perspectives on human knowing, offers a new and powerful conceptualisation of epistemic fluency – a capacity that underpins knowledgeable professional action and innovation. Using results from empirical studies of professional education programs, the book sheds light on practical ways in which the development of epistemic fluency can be recognised and supported - in higher education and in the transition to work. The book provides a broader and deeper conception of epistemic fluency than previously available in the literature. Epistemic fluency involves a set of capabilities that allow people to recognize and participate in different ways of knowing. Such people are adept at combining different kinds of specialised and context-dependent knowledge and at reconfiguring their work environment to see problems and solutions anew. In practical terms, the book addresses the following kinds of questions. What does it take to be a productive member of a multidisciplinary team working on a complex problem? What enables a person to integrate different types and fields of knowledge, indeed different ways of knowing, in order to make some well-founded decisions and take actions in the world? What personal knowledge resources are entailed in analysing a problem and describing an innovative solution, such that the innovation can be shared in an organization or professional community? How do people get better at these things; and how can teachers in higher education help students develop these valued capacities? The answers to these questions are central to a thorough understanding of what it means to become an effective knowledge worker and resourceful professional.

Science in Action

Author : Bruno Latour
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674792913
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book Science in Action written by Bruno Latour and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From weaker to stronger rhetoric : literature - Laboratories - From weak points to strongholds : machines - Insiders out - From short to longer networks : tribunals of reason - Centres of calculation.

Future Matters

Author : Barbara Adam
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047422597
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Future Matters written by Barbara Adam and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Future Matters concerns contemporary approaches to the future – how the future is known, created and minded. In a social world whose pace continues to accelerate the future becomes an increasingly difficult terrain. While the focus of social life is narrowing down to the present, the futures we create on a daily basis cast ever longer shadows. Future Matters addresses this paradox and its deep ethical implications. It locates contemporary approaches to the future in a wider sociological and historical framework of practices, traces differences and continuities, and shows how contemporary practices of futures-construction make taking responsibility for futures all but impossible.

Agency and Action

Author : John Hyman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521603560
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Agency and Action written by John Hyman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most exciting developments in philosophy in the last fifty years is the resurgence in the philosophy of action. The concept of action now occupies a central place in ethics, metaphysics and jurisprudence. This collection of original essays, by some of the most astute and influential philosophers working in this area, covers the entire range of the philosophy of action. Topics covered include the nature of actions themselves; how the concepts of act, agent, cause and event are related to each other; self-knowledge, emotion, autonomy and freedom in human life; and the place of the concept of action in criminal law. The volume concludes with a major essay by one of America's leading authorities in the philosophy of law on 'the 3.5 billion dollar question': was the destruction of the World Trade Center one event or two?

Probabilistic Knowledge

Author : Sarah Moss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198792158
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Probabilistic Knowledge written by Sarah Moss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Moss argues that in addition to full beliefs, credences can constitute knowledge. She introduces the notion of probabilistic content and shows how it plays a central role not only in epistemology, but in the philosophy of mind and language. Just you can believe and assert propositions, you can believe and assert probabilistic contents.

Our Common Journey

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309086388
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Our Common Journey written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-12-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century. How can the transition to a stabilizing population also be a transition to sustainability? How can science and technology help to ensure that human needs are met while the planet's environment is nurtured and restored? Our Common Journey examines these momentous questions to draw strategic connections between scientific research, technological development, and societies' efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable improvements in human well being. The book argues that societies should approach sustainable development not as a destination but as an ongoing, adaptive learning process. Speaking to the next two generations, it proposes a strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to better inform future action in the areas of fertility reduction, urban systems, agricultural production, energy and materials use, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation, and suggests an approach for building a new research agenda for sustainability science. Our Common Journey documents large-scale historical currents of social and environmental change and reviews methods for "what if" analysis of possible future development pathways and their implications for sustainability. The book also identifies the greatest threats to sustainabilityâ€"in areas such as human settlements, agriculture, industry, and energyâ€"and explores the most promising opportunities for circumventing or mitigating these threats. It goes on to discuss what indicators of change, from children's birth-weights to atmosphere chemistry, will be most useful in monitoring a transition to sustainability.

The Shape of Agency

Author : Joshua Shepherd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198866410
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Shape of Agency written by Joshua Shepherd and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an account of agency which explains the control agents have over their behaviour, the nature of intentional action, the nature of skill, and the role that knowledge plays in extending the reach of an agent's action and skill.

Action and Inaction in a Social World

Author : Dolores Albarracín
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108879705
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Action and Inaction in a Social World written by Dolores Albarracín and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how actions and inactions arise and change in social contexts, including social media and face-to-face communication. Its multidisciplinary perspective covers research from psychology, communication, public health, business studies, and environmental sciences. The reader can use this cutting-edge approach to design and interpret effects of behavioral change interventions as well as replicate the materials and methods implemented to study them. The author provides an organized set of principles that take the reader from the formation of attitudes and goals, to the structure of action and inaction. It also reflects on how cognitive processes explain excesses of action while inaction persists elsewhere. This practical guide summarises the best practices persuasion and behavioral interventions to promote changes in health, consumer, and social behaviors.