Hugh McCann
Biographic Data
| ID | 5968170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugh McCann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh |
| FAMILY NAME | McCann |
| SIGNATURE | MCCANN H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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…
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…
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…
Action (physics) (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Neuroscience (1 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 works) · Psychology (1 works) · Volition (linguistics) (1 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (1 works)