search for books and compare prices
cover image
Agency and Integrality: Philosophical Themes in the Ancient Discussions of Determinism and Responsibility
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping

Jump quickly to results on these stores:

The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Jump down to see edition details for: Hardcover | Paperback
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Springer Verlag
Publication date December 21, 2011
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9789401088572
ISBN-10 9401088578
Original list price $99.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: It is not very surprising that it was no less true in antiquity than it is today that adult human beings are held to be responsible for most of their actions. Indeed, virtually all cultures in all historical periods seem to have had some conception of human agency which, in the absence of certain responsibility-defeating conditions, entails such responsibility. Few philosophers have had the temerity to maintain that this entailment is trivial because such responsibility-defeating conditions are always present. Another not very surprising fact is that ancient thinkers tended to ascribe integrality to "what is" (to on). That is, they typically regarded "what is" as a cosmos or whole with distinguishable parts that fit together in some coherent or cohesive manner, rather than either as a "unity" with no parts or as a collection containing members (ta onta or "things that are") standing in no "natural" relations to one another. 1 The philoso­ phical problem of determinism and responsibility may, I think, best be characterized as follows: it is the problem of preserving the phenomenon of human agency (which would seem to require a certain separateness of individual human beings from the rest of the cosmos) when one sets about the philosophical or scientific task of explaining the integrality of "what is" by means of the development of a theory of causation or explanation ( concepts that came to be lumped together by the Greeks under the term "aitia") .

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9789027719683
 
from D Reidel Pub Co (December 1, 1985)
9789027719683 | details & prices | List price $99.00
Paperback
Book cover for 9789401088572
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Springer Verlag (December 21, 2011)
9789401088572 | details & prices | List price $99.00
About: It is not very surprising that it was no less true in antiquity than it is today that adult human beings are held to be responsible for most of their actions.

Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.