Hugh J Mccann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1014755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugh J Mccann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccann |
| SIGNATURE | MCCANN H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Free Will and Classical Theism: The Significance of Freedom in Perfect Being Theology
The articles in this collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, along with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those problems.
God, Sin, and Rogers on Anselm: A Reply
The Works of Agency: On Human Action, Will, and Freedom
In these essays, McCann develops a unified perspective on human action. Written over a period of 25 years, the essays provide a comprehensive survey of the major topics in contemporary action theory. In four sections, the book addresses the ontology of action; the foundations of action; intention, will and freedom; and practical rationality. McCann works out a compromise between competing perspectives on the individuation of action; explores the …
Mind in Action
Atheism and Theism
Springs of Action: Understanding Intentional Behavior
Natural Agency: An Essay on the Causal Theory of Action
Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason.
The Occasionalist Proselytizer: A Modified Catechism
On what is perhaps the most popular conception among believers, God created the world the beginning, and it has existed on its own ever since. No direct activity on God's part is needed to explain the world's persistence, and although the unfolding of its history is a matter of great concern to Him, it would take an extraordinary act of intervention on God's part for anything that occurs to count as a direct manifestation of His power. We have ar…
Rationality and the Range of Intention
Nominals, facts, and two conceptions of events
Volition and Basic Action
THE purpose of this paper is to defend the view that the bodily actions of men typically involve a mental action of volition or willing, and that such mental acts are, in at least one important sense, the basic actions we perform when we do things like raise an arm, move a finger, or flex a muscle. The defense will be theoretically oriented, concentrating on the advantages of a proper account of volition for solving certain general problems about…
Rationality and the Range of Intention
Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason.
Volition and Basic Action
THE purpose of this paper is to defend the view that the bodily actions of men typically involve a mental action of volition or willing, and that such mental acts are, in at least one important sense, the basic actions we perform when we do things like raise an arm, move a finger, or flex a muscle. The defense will be theoretically oriented, concentrating on the advantages of a proper account of volition for solving certain general problems about…
Natural Agency: An Essay on the Causal Theory of Action
The Occasionalist Proselytizer: A Modified Catechism
On what is perhaps the most popular conception among believers, God created the world the beginning, and it has existed on its own ever since. No direct activity on God's part is needed to explain the world's persistence, and although the unfolding of its history is a matter of great concern to Him, it would take an extraordinary act of intervention on God's part for anything that occurs to count as a direct manifestation of His power. We have ar…
Volition and Basic Action
THE purpose of this paper is to defend the view that the bodily actions of men typically involve a mental action of volition or willing, and that such mental acts are, in at least one important sense, the basic actions we perform when we do things like raise an arm, move a finger, or flex a muscle. The defense will be theoretically oriented, concentrating on the advantages of a proper account of volition for solving certain general problems about…
Nominals, facts, and two conceptions of events
Rationality and the Range of Intention
Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason.
The Occasionalist Proselytizer: A Modified Catechism
On what is perhaps the most popular conception among believers, God created the world the beginning, and it has existed on its own ever since. No direct activity on God's part is needed to explain the world's persistence, and although the unfolding of its history is a matter of great concern to Him, it would take an extraordinary act of intervention on God's part for anything that occurs to count as a direct manifestation of His power. We have ar…
Natural Agency: An Essay on the Causal Theory of Action
Springs of Action: Understanding Intentional Behavior
Atheism and Theism
Mind in Action
The Works of Agency: On Human Action, Will, and Freedom
In these essays, McCann develops a unified perspective on human action. Written over a period of 25 years, the essays provide a comprehensive survey of the major topics in contemporary action theory. In four sections, the book addresses the ontology of action; the foundations of action; intention, will and freedom; and practical rationality. McCann works out a compromise between competing perspectives on the individuation of action; explores the …
God, Sin, and Rogers on Anselm: A Reply
Free Will and Classical Theism: The Significance of Freedom in Perfect Being Theology
The articles in this collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, along with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those problems.
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Action (physics) (3 works) · Analytic philosophy (3 works) · Contemporary philosophy (3 works) · Physics (3 works)