A.I. Melden's Writings, 1961

Eddie Yeghiayan

• "Action." In Herbert Morris, ed., Freedom and Responsibility, pp. 149-157. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1961.

  See "Action" (1956).

• Free Action. Series: Studies in Philosophical Psychology. London: Routledge & Paul; New York: Humanities Press, 1961.
  Contents:

  • Preface:vii-viii.
  • Introduction:ix-x.
  1. The Case against Free Action:1-10.
  2. Character as Causal Circumstance:11-17.
  3. Action and Happening -- Problems and Perplexities:18-25.
  4. How Does One Raise One's Arm?:26-42.
  5. By Willing, One Does...:43-55.
  6. Physiological Happenings and Bodily Actions:56-65.
  7. Learning and Physiology:66-72.
  8. `Action Equals Bodily Movement Plus Motive':73-82.
  9. Motive and Explanation:83-104.
  10. Wanting and Wanting to Do:105-126.
  11. Wanting to Do and Doing:127-143.
  12. Wanting to Do, Reasons for Doing, Doing:144-170.
  13. Bodily Movement, Action and Agent:171-198.
  14. Conclusion -- Decision, Choice, Prediction and the Voluntary:199-224.
  

• "Willing." In Herbert Morris, ed., Freedom and Responsibility, pp. 100-104. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1961.

  See "Willing" (1960).