Michael Bratman's work has been unusually influential, with significance in disciplines as diverse as philosophy, computer science, law, and primatology. This is a collection of critical essays by some of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished figures, including Margaret Gilbert, Richard Holton, Christine Korsgaard, Alfred Mele, Elijah Milgram, Kieran Setiya, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Scott Shapiro, Michael Smith, J. David Velleman, R. Jay Wallace. It also contains an introduction by the editors, situating Bratman's work and its broader significance. The essays in this volume engage with ideas and themes prominent in Bratman's work. The volume also includes a lengthy reply by Bratman that breaks new ground and deepens our understanding of the nature of action, rationality, and social agency.

About the Author
Manuel Vargas is Professor of Philosophy and Law at University of San Francisco. Gideon Yaffe is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School.

Reviews
The editors are to be commended for assembling an outstanding collection of essays, which, like Bratman's own corpus, are essential reading for anyone working in Anglophone philosophy of action. * Michael Brent, Journal of Moral Philosophy *
All who take an interest in the contemporary philosophy of action should form a plan to read this excellent collection, or perhaps even a shared intention to assemble a reading group. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *



Book Information
ISBN 9780199794515
Author Manuel Vargas
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 599g
Dimensions(mm) 163mm * 236mm * 33mm