Webber, J. (2002) Doing without representation: coping with Dreyfus. Philosophical Explorations, 5 (1). pp. 82-88. ISSN 1741-5918
Abstract
Hubert Dreyfus argues that the traditional and currently dominant conception of an action, as an event initiated or governed by a mental representation of a possible state of affairs that the agent is trying to realise, is inadequate. If Dreyfus is right, then we need a new conception of action. I argue, however, that the considerations that Dreyfus adduces show only that an action need not be initiated or governed by a conceptual representation, but since a representation need not be conceptually structured, do not show that we need a conception of action that does not involve representation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2002 Taylor & Francis Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Philosophical Explorations. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2006 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2014 06:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1215 |