Abilities to Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Randolph Clarke (0000-0002-3909-6068, Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 893-904 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12299 |
| OpenAlex | W2286096702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 31 |
This essay examines recent work on abilities to act. Different kinds of ability are distinguished, and a recently proposed conditional analysis of ability ascriptions is evaluated. It is considered whether abilities are causal powers. Finally, several compatibility questions concerning abilities, as well as the relation between free will and abilities of various kinds, are examined
Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Data mining · Epistemology · Computer Science · Engineering · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Are abilities dispositions
Causalism
The practical mode of presentation revisited
Unavoidable actions
Explaining Free Will by Rational Abilities
Singular mental abilities
Mengzian knowledge practicalism
Keeping It Simple
A Dilemma for Reductive Compatibilism
Omissions, Moral Luck, and Minding the (Epistemic) Gap
Motivating reasons
An ability-based theory of responsibility for collective omissions
Owning failure
Responsibility for testimonial injustice
Conditional analyses of options for action
Know-how-first anti-intellectualism
The irrational failure to act
What Is It for a Machine Learning Model to Have a Capability
Dispositional accounts of abilities
The Formulation of Disjunctivism About φ-ing for a Reason
Compatibilism Without Frankfurt
Personal Agency
Potentiality
A Primer on Determinism
Causes, Laws, and Free Will
Free Will and Luck
What Happens When Someone Acts?
Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility
How to speak of the colors
On Linking Dispositions and Conditionals
Masked Abilities and Compatibilism
Essays on Actions and Events
Enigmas of Agency
The Agentive Modalities
A Metaphysics for Freedom
Dispositions and Conditionals
Finkish Dispositions
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |