Author: Brown, D. G.
Title: Action.
Description: London George Allen & Unwin, 1968. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), edge tears jacket repaired (minor edgewear & scratches, spine toned), top corner front cover bumped, pages faintly toned, top edge lightly foxed. 150 pp. A philosophical account of action in which the peculiarities of human action find their place in nature. Considers one the most difficult questions in metaphysics: what is action? Examined from the point of view of the agent, the primacy of inanimate action, and the pervasiveness of explanatory insight in the description of action. Concepts common to morality, psychology, and history are discussed. By professor of philosophy, University of British Columbia. SALE PRICE. ISBN: 00212

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