Actions and objects from Hobbes to Richardson /

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How do minds cause events in the world? How does wanting to write a letter cause a person's hands to move across the page, or believing something to be true cause a person to make a promise? In Actions and Objects, Jonathan Kramnick examines the literature and philosophy of action during the la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kramnick, Jonathan Brody
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
1500-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Act (Philosophy) in literature.
Philosophy of mind in literature.
Causation in literature.
Philosophy, English > 17th century.
Philosophy, English > 18th century.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Action (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Philosophie de l'esprit dans la littérature.
Causalité dans la littérature.
Philosophie anglaise > 17e siècle.
Philosophie anglaise > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Act (Philosophy) in literature
Causation in literature
English literature
English literature > Early modern
Philosophy, English
Philosophy of mind in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : nothing from nothing
  • Actions, agents, causes
  • Consciousness and mental causation : Lucretius, Rochester, Locke
  • Rochester's mind
  • Uneasiness, or Locke among others
  • Haywood and consent
  • Action and inaction in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa.

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