Introduction inward-looking and outward-looking approaches to agency

At the very heart of our conception of what it is to be a person is the idea that we (as people) are bothsubjectsandagents. Being subjects of experience, we are conscious of ourselves and our world. We are receptive to the way things are, and have perceptual and emotional experiences as part of that...

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Published inAction Vol. 14; p. 1
Main Author Stout, Rowland
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada MQUP 2006
McGill-Queen's University Press
Subjects
Anatomy
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Breathing
Central nervous system diseases
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Concept of mind
Consciousness theory
Diseases
Dyskinesia
Epistemology
Extremities
Health sciences
Intentional action
Legs
Lower extremity
Medical conditions
Mental acts
Mental world
Metaphysics
Mind
Monopsychism
Movement disorders
Nervous system diseases
Neurological disorders
Philosophical action theory
Philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Physiology
Psychology
Rationality
Reason
Reasoning
Respiration
Respiratory physiology
Respiratory processes
System physiology
Thought processes
Tics
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Summary:At the very heart of our conception of what it is to be a person is the idea that we (as people) are bothsubjectsandagents. Being subjects of experience, we are conscious of ourselves and our world. We are receptive to the way things are, and have perceptual and emotional experiences as part of that receptivity. But we also act on our world. We change it in the light of our reasons. We are agents as well as subjects: active as well as passive. Action and experience, agency and consciousness, hand in hand make up our very nature.
ISBN:0773530487
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