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Quante, Michael. Hegel's Concept of Action.(Book Review)
; ...into the context of the debates on action theory in analytic philosophy. The book is...have not been understood as addressing action theory. Since scholars have paid little attention to Hegel's subjective will as an action theory, Quante's burden is not to situate...
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Dynamics in Action: Intentional Behavior as a Complex System. (Summaries And Comments).(Review)
; ...The other approach, of which analytic action theory is a case in point, regards supposed...part 1 of this remarkable book, Why Action Theory Rests on a Mistake, Alicia Juarrero...the work of the best-known writers on action theory, most of whom, she concludes, are committed...
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(book review)
; ...Mass: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. x, 288. Action theory has given rise to some perplexing puzzles...them back to the familiar puzzles of action theory, so as to solve or dissolve these puzzles...sets up and diagnoses the problem with action theory, the second part introduces dynamical...
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Reconceptualizing users as social actors in information systems research (1). (Special Issue).
; ...help to reconceptualize the user as a social actor. Despite pervasive ICT use, social actors...develop an institutionalist concept of a social actor whose everyday interactions are infused...the user concept to a concept of the social actor in IS research. We suggest that such...
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(book reviews)
; ...collects thirteen papers by Robert Audi on action theory, all but two previously published...distinguishes four major problem areas in action theory: first, the nature of action (for example...turn. (The most important topic in action theory not discussed is the ontology and ...
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Enc, Berent. How We Act: Causes, Reasons, and Intentions.(Book Review)
; ...excellent introduction to the field of action theory in general and a rigorous defense of...of much of the current literature on action theory, focused around the idea of volition...difficult exposition of biological action theory. His particular interest here lies...
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REVAMPING ACTION THEORY
; ...methodological features of contemporary action theory are troubling, in particular (i) the...of these problems it is argued that action theory needs to be reoriented in a more naturalistic...known as "philosophy of action" or "action theory." Action theorists have typically viewed...
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Theology and Action: After Theory in Christian Ethics.(Book Review)
; ...Charles Pinches's attempt to rethink action theory with the help of Thomas Aquinas is...characterization of human actions in contemporary action theory is that human acts are necessarily...problems that arise for contemporary action theory: the need for a 'theory of morality...
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Ageing and errors in computer-based work: an observational field study.
; ...research is based on Hacker's (1973, 1986) action theory (for an overview of action theory see Frese & Zapf (1994)). There are...familiarity with the task or environment. Within action theory, errors are defined as only appearing in...
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When things go wrong: the effect of daily work hassles on effort, exertion and negative mood.
; ...goal-barriers and their effect on the pursuity of current goals appears in action theory, developed mainly in Germany (see review by Frese & Zapf, 1994). Action theory considers the disruptive effect of goal-barriers in terms of ensuing behaviour...
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