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Agency and Deontic Logic

John F. Horty

Print publication date: 2001

Print ISBN-13: 9780195134612

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003

DOI: 10.1093/0195134613.001.0001

Indeterminism and Agency

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(p. 6 ) Chapter 2 Indeterminism and Agency
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Agency and Deontic Logic
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John F. Horty (Contributor Webpage)

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0195134613.003.0002

Develops the formal theory of action, or agency, that forms the background of the book. The account is cast against the background of Prior's theory of branching, or indeterministic, time. Against this background, the chapter develops precise notions of action and ability for both individuals and groups.

Keywords:   ability, action, agency, branching time, indeterminism

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