Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason(English, Paperback, Bratman Michael E.)

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Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason(English, Paperback, Bratman Michael E.) is written by Bratman Michael E. and published by Centre for the Study of Language & Information. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1575861925 (ISBN 10) and 9781575861920 (ISBN 13).

What happens to our conception of mind and rational agency when we take seriously future-directed intentions and plans and their roles as inputs into further practical reasoning? The author's initial efforts in responding to this question resulted in a series of papers that he wrote during the early 1980s. In this book, Bratman develops further some of the main themes of these essays and also explores a variety of related ideas and issues. He develops a planning theory of intention. Intentions are treated as elements of partial plans of action. These plans play basic roles in practical reasoning, roles that support the organization of our activities over time and socially. Bratman explores the impact of this approach on a wide range of issues, including the relation between intention and intentional action, and the distinction between intended and expected effects of what one intends.