Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Michael Bratman, Jack Joslin and Erving Goffman

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6 ideas

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
8044 Goffman sees the self as no more than a peg on which to hang roles we play [Goffman, by MacIntyre]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions
20033 Intentions are normative, requiring commitment and further plans [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]
20034 Intentions must be mutually consistent, affirm appropriate means, and fit the agent's beliefs [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / b. Types of intention
20026 Intention is either the aim of an action, or a long-term constraint on what we can do [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions
20032 Bratman rejected reducing intentions to belief-desire, because they motivate, and have their own standards [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
7417 God can't have silly perfections, but how do we decide which ones are 'silly'? [Joslin]