Conditional analyses of options for action

A partial defence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20143330
AutoresJacob Rosenthal (0000-0003-1077-2605, University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen89
Número4
Páginas548-563
Fecha de publicación2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTheoria (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/theo.12479
OpenAlexW4379797817
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas29

The idea of multiple options for action in a specific situation is essential for choice and deliberation. But what exactly is an option for action? A simple and natural approach to this question is via conditional analyses. While conditional analyses of dispositions and abilities face well‐known objections and are widely considered untenable, I argue that several of these objections do not apply to conditional analyses of options . Others do, but the analyses can be modified or interpreted in a suitable way so as to deal with them. One central difficulty, however, remains and can only partially be resolved. Still, all things considered, the prospects of conditional analyses of options for action are quite good; they should not be lightly dismissed

Action (physics) · Deliberation · Economics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Mathematical economics · Political science · Politics · Simple (philosophy) · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy