PHILOSOPHY of Action
Contacts, links, news, and RESOURCES
Videos, Pages & Podcasts
Videos, Pages & Podcasts
Philosophy of Action pages
Society for Philosophy of Agency
Videos, podcasts
2018 Locke lectures by Peter Railton on Doing and Learning, addressing rationality, desires, belief and other topics
Paul Russel on Fate at Philosophy Bites
The 2017 Locke lectures by Michael Smith
Constantine Sandis on Motivation
A conversation between Prof Sandis and Dr David Webster on Philosophy of Action
Sandis on Action in Life and Art at the Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP)
Michael Thompsons's 2015 talk at the RIP
Robert Audi's 2015 talk at the RIP
John Hyman's 2015 talk at the RIP
Jonathan Dancy's 2015 talk at the RIP
Ellen Fridland's talk at the RIP
Penelope Mackie's talk at the RIP
Helen Steward's talk at the RIP
Maria Alvarez's talk at the RIP
Jennifer Hornsby's talk at the RIP
Greg Sadler's intro to Aristotle on Desire, Emotion and Action
Peter Millican's intro lecture on free will for 1st years at Oxford University
An interview with Helen Steward at the RIP
Michael McKenna at the Gothenburg Responsibility Project in 2016
Helen Steward at the Gothenburg Responsibility Project in 2016
Helen Beebee at the Gothenburg Responsibility Project in 2016
Derk Pereboom at the Gothenburg Responsibility Project in 2016
An interview with Derk Pereboom by the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies on free will
Lucie O'Brien on 'Action as Prime'
Lucy O'Brien on Agency, Morals and Mind
Lucy O'Brien's talk 'Ambulo Ergo Sum'
Al Mele on Two Theories of Free Will
Al Mele on Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will
A conversation with B. F. Skinner on Behaviourism
A short intro to Rational Choice Theory
Blogs of Related Interest
Brains (Phil. of Mind & Cog. Sci Blog)
Matters of Substance (Metaphysics Blog)
Nietzsche Blog (Brian Leiter)
Nietzsche & Action Theory Blog (Carlos Narziss)
Nomos Network for Applied Philosophy
The Space of Reasons(Avery Archer)
Action Related Pages
Action Theory (Elisabeth Pacherie)
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Debate on X-Phi(New York Times)
Determinism and Freedom (Ted Honderich)
European Association for Decision Making
Shaping,Sharing, and Understanding Minds
Audio Podcasts
Philosophy Bites
Human Agency - Jennifer Hornsby
Group Agency - Philip Pettit
Free Will - Thomas Pink
Free Will - Frederico Luzzi & Aidan McGlynn
Moral Psychology - Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Moral Responsibility & Consciousness - Neil Levy
Philosophy Talk (with John Perry & Ken Taylor)
Making Decisions - Dan Ariely
Autonomy - John Christman
Is Free Will an Illusion?-John Martin Fischer
Challenges to Free Will-Manuel Vargas
Procrastination - Tim Pychyl
Altruism - Jeff Schloss
Making Decisions - Dan Ariely
Desire - William Irvine
The Language of Responsibility
Other Sources
Collective Action- Ben Laurence
Free Will - Simon Blackburn, Galen Strawson, & Helen Beebee (R4, In Our Time)
'10 Minute Puzzle' of Free Will(Northern Institute of Philosophy)
Doctrine of Double Effect - Michael Otsuka (Ethics Bites)
The Puzzle of Free Will- Alfred R. Mele
Tribute to G.E.M. Anscombe - P. Foot & R. Hurtshouse (R4,Woman's Hour)
Nietzsche of Freedom - Brian Leiter
Aquinas on Intention,Action, and Practical Good- Candace Vogler
Criminal Responsibility- Antony Duff
Moral Psychology - Alex Gregory, Michael Lacewing, & Constantine Sandis (Philosophy Now)
New Year's Resolutions - David Finkelstein & J. David Velleman
Podcasts from CSMN conf. on Self-Knowledge & Rational Agency
Video Podcasts
Alief in Action 1 and 2 - Tamar Gendler discusses alief with
(1) Eric Schwitzgebel and (2) Paul Bloom
Blame - Thomas Scanlon (lecture)
Choice and Irrationality- Al Mele (interview)
Freedom and Neurobiology- John Searle (lecture)
Freedom: Is Science Compatible with Our Desire for it?- Various talks (inc. Mele & Kane)
Free Will- Randy Clarke and Stephen Kearns (debate)
Free Will parts one, two, and three (short film)
Free Will and Moral Responsibility - A discussion between Gregg Caruso and Bruce Waller on Philosophy TV
Free Will and Science- Alfred R. Mele and Eddy Nahmias in discussion on Philosophy TV
Free Will & the Brain - Raymond Tallis (panel discussion)
Free Will: The Good Absurd - Will Wilkinson interviews Saul Smilansky
Free Will: Where Does it Fit In? - Steven Pinker
Free Will Lecture and Interview- Daniel Dennett
Intention in Action - John McDowell (lecture)
Libet's Experiments- Susan Greenfield (documentary)
Nietzsche on Freedom - Brian Leiter (talk)
Normativity- Judith Jarvis Thomson (lecture)
The Paradox of Choice -Renata Salec (animated video)
Philosophy of Action - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Harvard Law Forum)
Waking Life - excerpt on Free Will
