Conditional analyses of options for action

A partial defence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20143330
AutoresJacob Rosenthal (0000-0003-1077-2605, University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume89
Fascículo4
Páginas548-563
Data de publicação2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTheoria (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/theo.12479
OpenAlexW4379797817
IdiomaEN
Referências 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