Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency

<p>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. </p><p>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<i> Handbook</i> is divided into eight clear parts:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>The Metaphysics of Agency</li> <li>Kinds of Agency</li> <li>Agency and Ability</li> <li>Agency: Mind, Body, and World</li> <li>Agency and Knowledge</li> <li>Agency and Moral Psychology</li> <li>Agency and Time</li> <li>Agency, Reasoning, and Normativity.</li> </ul><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <p>An introduction to the philosophy of agency <i>Luca Ferrero </i><b>Part 1: The metaphysics of agency </b>Introduction to Part 1 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>1. Agency and causation <em>Jes</em><i>ú</i><em>s H. Aguilar and Andrei A. Buckareff </em>2. Agency, function, and teleology <i>Scott Sehon </i>3. Agency, events, and processes <i>Matthias Haase </i>4. Negative agency <i>Randolph Clarke </i>5. Bounded agency <i>Elijah Millgram </i>6. Agency and games <i>C. Thi Nguyen </i><b>Part 2: Kinds of agency </b>Introduction to Part 2 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>7. Minimal agency <i>Hans van Hateren </i>8. Animal agency <i>Helen Steward </i>9. Intentional agency <i>Lilian O'Brien </i>10. Rational agency <i>Eric Marcus </i><b>Part 3: Agency and ability </b>Introduction to Part 3 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>11. Agency, powers, and skills <i>Will Small </i>12. Expert agency <i>Barbara Gail Montero </i>13. Agency and mistakes <i>Santiago Amaya </i>14. Agency and disability <i>Kevin Timpe </i>15. Pathologies of agency <i>Lubomira Radoilska </i><b>Part 4: Agency: mind, body, and world </b>Introduction to Part 4 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>16. Mental agency <i>Matthew Soteriou </i>17. Agency and the body <i>Hong Yu Wong </i>18. Agency, consciousness, and attention <i>Wayne Wu</i> 19. Material agency <i>Matthew Noah Smith </i><b>Part 5: Agency and knowledge </b>Introduction to Part 5 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>20. Epistemic agency <i>David Hunter </i>21. Agency and practical knowledge <i>Kim Frost </i>22. Agency and evidence <i>Berislav Marušić and John Schwenkler </i>23. Agency and self-knowledge <i>Brie Gertler </i><b>Part 6: Agency and moral psychology </b>Introduction to Part 6 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>24. Agency, will, and freedom <i>Thomas Pink </i>25. Agency and responsibility <i>Pamela Hieronymi </i>26. Agency and identification <i>Agnieszka Jaworska </i>27. Agency and autonomy <i>Andrea C. Westlund </i>28. Agency and (the limits of) volitional conflict <i>Sarah Buss </i>29. Agency and the emotions <i>Carla Bagnoli </i><b>Part 7: Agency and time </b>Introduction to Part 7 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>30. Diachronic agency <i>Luca Ferrero </i>31. Planning agency <i>Michael E. Bratman </i>32. Agency, time, and rationality <i>Chrisoula Andreou </i>33. Artificial and machine agency <i>Richmond H. Thomason and John Horty </i>34. Agency and personal identity <i>Marya Schechtman </i>35. Agency, narrative, and mortality <i>Roman Altshuler </i><b>Part 8: Agency, reasoning, and normativity </b>Introduction to Part 8 <i>Luca Ferrero </i>36. Agency, reasons and rationality <i>Maria Alvarez </i>37. Agency and practical reasoning <i>Jules Salomone-Sehr and Jennifer M. Morton </i>38. Agency and normativity <i>Kenneth Walden </i>39. The aim of agency <i>Kathryn Lindeman </i>40. Agency and morality <i>Christine M. Korsgaard </i>41. Agency in the law <i>Gideon Yaffe </i>42. Aesthetics agency <i>Keren Gorodeisky </i><i>Index</i></p>