Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Teleological and causal explanations; The descriptive properties of animate behaviour; Teleological explanations -- externalism; Teleological explanations -- internalism; The intentionality of intentions and their supposed role as causes; The non-existence of intentions; 3 Analysis of 'Agency'; The incompatibility of freedom of action with determinism; The meaning of behaviour; Cybernetics and goal-direction; 4 Cognition and determinism
Cognitive processes and modern learning theoryThe separation of cognition from purpose; Cognition as non-representational: irrelevance of computer simulation; Conscious and unconscious cognitions; Knowledge of the mental processes of other persons; The argument so far; 5 The constitution of the 'self'; The mode of being of phenomenal objects; Husserl and the phenomenological world; Self-awareness and self-creation; The indivisibility of the 'self'; 6 Drives and consummatory actions; The necessity of the drive concept; A model of instinctual drives and their ancillary mechanisms
Psychological needs and physiological needs7 Higher activities and their basic meanings; Basic actions; Social rule-following and 'reasonable' behaviour; The dynamics of moral behaviour; Art, enquiry, and the pursuit of liberty; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index