Rhetoric of intention in human affairs
Assumed intentions are embedded in virtually all forms of human discussion. The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs draws on a vast range of resources to describe the social and psychological forces at work in shaping the human impulse to explain why others act.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books
[2013]
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798417106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: How We Know What We Can't; Chapter 2: Them: Conspiracies, Disasters, and Presumed Culpability; Chapter 3: Theater, Acting, and the Sources of Motivation; Chapter 4: The Telepathic Journalist; Chapter 5: Legal Benchmarks for Establishing Intent; Chapter 6: God's Plan: Agency, and the Quandary of Divine Intention; Postscript; Selected Bibliography; Index
