David Schneider 
What does it mean to identify with an action? [PDF ebook] 
How is this relevant for the notion of action?

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy – Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, …), grade: 1, 7, University of Tubingen (Centre for Integrative Neuroscience), course: Topics in the Philosophy of Mind and in Philosophy of Psychology, language: English, abstract: In a first step, the question ‘what exactly is an action?’ is discussed based on J. David Velleman’s essay “What Happens When Someone Acts”. In a second step, we will be shed a light on the Identification and Wholeheartedness of actions.

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Graduate student at the London School of Economics and Political Science