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Thinking and Doing

The Philosophical Foundations of Institutions

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  • © 1975

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Editors:
  1. Hector-Neri Castañeda

    1. Indiana University, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 7)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Introduction: Tasks and Problems

    1. Introduction: Tasks and Problems

      • Hector-Neri Castañeda
      Pages 1-21

  3. The Logico-Ontological Structure of the Representational Image of Practical Thinking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Practical Thinking: Dramatis Personae

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      Pages 25-51

    3. Propositional Structure and Propositional Implication

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      Pages 53-90

    4. Imperatives and Prescriptions

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      Pages 91-129

    5. Imperative Designated Values: Orthotes and Anarthotes

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      Pages 131-147

    6. Intentions and Intending

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      Pages 149-178

    7. Deontic Judgments and their Implicational Structure

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      Pages 179-237

    8. Deontic Truth

      • Hector-Neri Castañeda
      Pages 239-254

    9. A Formal System for the Quantificational Logic with Identity of Propositions, Practitions, and Deontic Judgments

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      Pages 255-270

  4. The Meta-Psychology of Practical Thinking: The Action Schema

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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    2. The Internal Causality of Practical Thinking

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      Pages 273-292

    3. Oughts and the Reasonableness of Action

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      Pages 293-306

  5. The Metaphysics of Practical Thinking: The Reality of Doing and of Deontic Properties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307
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    2. Events and the Structure of Doing

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      Pages 309-329

    3. The Autonomy of Practical Thinking and the Non-Natural Character of Practical Noemata

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      Pages 331-346

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 347-367
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About this book

Philosophy is the search for the large patterns of the world and of the large patterns of experience, perceptual, theoretical, . . . , aesthetic, and practical - the patterns that, regardless of specific contents, characterize the main types of experience. In this book I carry out my search for the large patterns of practical experience: the experience of deliberation, of recognition of duties and their conflicts, of attempts to guide other person's conduct, of deciding to act, of influencing the physical world with one's doings, and the like. This is the experience that makes possible our social life, the formulation of plans for teamwork, the building of institutions, the development of nations, and the adoption of the ideal of morality. Here I develop a network of theories about the most fundamental aspects of practical thinking: what is thought in such thinking; what makes that thinking correct; what makes it practical; and the structure of the doings that accrue to the world when such thinking is effective. I have attempted to build each theory in sufficient detail, so that it il­ luminates its subject matter with a certain degree of fullness. But I have also aimed at producing an harmonious system of theories, so that the grand pattern of practical thinking can be admired, not only for the beauty of the separate structures of its parts, but also for its architectonic unity. Chapter 1 gives the details of the many facets of this project and discusses some methodological techniques.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Indiana University, USA

    Hector-Neri Castañeda

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thinking and Doing

  • Book Subtitle: The Philosophical Foundations of Institutions

  • Editors: Hector-Neri Castañeda

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9888-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1375-9Published: 30 November 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-9888-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 368

  • Topics: Epistemology

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