1. Introductory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART ONE. The Representation of Life
5. 1. Introductory 25
6. 2. Can Life Be Given a Real Definition? 33
7. 3. The Representation of the Living Individual 49
8. 4. The Representation of the Life-Form Itself 63
9. PART TWO. Naive Action Theory
10. 5. Introductory 85
11. 6. Types of Practical Explanation 97
12. 7. Naive Explanation of Action 106
13. 8. Action and Time 120
14. PART THREE. Practical Generality
15. 9. Two Tendencies in Practical Philosophy 149
16. 10. Practices and Dispositions as Sources of the Goodness of Individual Actions 167
17. 11. Practice and Disposition as Sources of Individual Action 192
18. Acknowledgments 213
19. Index 215