2013/05/06 by John Maier, John T. Maier · 65 citations
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Agency (philosophy) #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Epistemology #Free Will and Agency #Modal #Modal logic #Modalities #Modality (human–computer interaction) #Philosophical Ethics and Theory #Philosophy #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Programming language #Semantics (computer science) #Social science #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1111/phpr.12038
published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 90(1), 113-134 (Wiley)
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A number of philosophical projects require a proper understanding of the modal aspects of agency, or of what I call ‘the agentive modalities.’ I propose a general account of the agentive modalities, one which takes as its primitive the decision‐theoretic notion of an option. I relate this account to the standard semantics for ‘can’ and to the viability of some positions in the free will debates.