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Author Airaksinen, Timo

Title Practical Philosophy and Action Theory
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (306 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Topics in Practical Philosophy in Finland -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Immoral Beliefs -- 3: Moral Luck: ""A Pseudoproblem -- 4: ""They Have It Better This Way"": Assessing an Argument for Inequality -- 5: How to Think about Human Rights? Some Methodological Considerations -- 6: Voluntary Euthanasia and Medical Paternalism -- 7: A Practical Approach to Automated Reasoning in Vague and Uncertain Environments -- 8: Competition in Outer Space -- Part Two: Topics in Action Theory in Poland
9: Introduction -- 10: Tadeusz KotarbiƄski's Philosophy as a Philosophy of Practicality -- 11: Collective Action: A Tentative Model -- 12: Practical Attitude as a Multidimensional Concept -- 13: Praxiological (General) Design Theory and Its Application in Medicine -- 14: Rules and Styles of Problem Solving: Methodological, Epistemological, and Practical Context -- 15: An Outline of a Formal Theory of Action -- Part Three: Knowledge and Action: Contributions from Other Milieux -- 16: On the Possibility of Knowledge -- 17: Rights of Communities: Rights of Individuals
18: Philosophy of Technology: Epistemological or Praxiological? -- 19: Redesigning Educational Systems through Value-Based Dialogue -- Part Four: Book Reviews -- 20: Timo Airaksinen: Ethics of Coercion and Authority: A Philosophical Study of Social Life -- 21: W. W. Gasparski and T. Pszczolowski: Praxiological Studies: Polish Contributions to the Science of Efficient Action -- 22: M. Bunge: Ethics, [Treatise on Basic Philosophy, Vol. 8] -- Instructions for Contributors
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ISBN 9781000944204
1000944204