Illustrates the concept of action in three different contexts - the justification of actions, people's life history, and pragmatism.

The book illustrates the concept of action in three different contexts - the justification of actions, people's life history, and pragmatism. Because of its comprehensive view, this volume marks a departure from the atomistic approach of action theory. This in itself raises a number of questions, which the ten contributors to this volume deal with in an instructive manner.