The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency

"One of the most basic and important distinctions we draw is between those entities with the capacity of agency and those without. As humans we enjoy agency in its full-blooded form and therefore a proper understanding of the nature of agency is of great importance to appreciate who we are and what we should expect and demand of our existence. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency is an outstanding reference source to the key issues, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising 42 chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook is divided into eight clear parts: The Metaphysics of Agency Kinds of Agency Agency and Ability Agency: Mind, Body, and World Agency and Knowledge Agency and Moral Psychology Agency and Time Agency, Reasoning, and Normativity. A broad range of topics are covered, including: the relation of agency to causation, teleology, animal agency, intentionality, planning, skills, disability, practical knowledge, self-knowledge, the will, responsibility, autonomy, identification, emotions, personal identity, reasons, morality, the law, aesthetics, and games. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency is essential reading for students and researchers within philosophy of action, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of psychology and ethics"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Contributors An introduction to the philosophy of agency PART 1 The metaphysics of agency Introduction to Part 1 1 Agency and causation 2 Agency, function, and teleology 3 Agency, events, and processes 4 Negative agency 5 Bounded agency 6 Agency and games PART 2 Kinds of agency Introduction to Part 2 7 Minimal agency 8 Animal agency 9 Intentional agency 10 Rational agency PART 3 Agency and ability Introduction to Part 3 11 Agency, powers, and skills 12 Expert agency 13 Agency and mistakes 14 Agency and disability 15 Pathologies of agency PART 4 Agency: mind, body, and world Introduction to Part 4 16 Mental agency 17 Agency and the body 18 Agency, consciousness, and attention 19 Material agency PART 5 Agency and knowledge Introduction to Part 5 20 Epistemic agency 21 Agency and practical knowledge 22 Agency and evidence 23 Agency and self-knowledge PART 6 Agency and moral psychology Introduction to Part 6 24 Agency, will, and freedom 25 Agency and responsibility 26 Agency and identification 27 Agency and autonomy 28 Agency and (the limits of) volitional conflict 29 Agency and the emotions PART 7 Agency and time Introduction to Part 7 30 Diachronic agency 31 Planning agency 32 Agency, time, and rationality 33 Artificial and machine agency 34 Agency and personal identity 35 Agency, narrative, and mortality PART 8 Agency, reasoning, and normativity Introduction to Part 8 36 Agency, reasons and rationality 37 Agency and practical reasoning 38 Agency and normativity 39 The aim of agency 40 Agency and morality 41 Agency in the law 42 Aesthetic agency Index