A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field.

A vibrant volume of essays by leading young scholars in the philosophy of action that showcases the arguments and issues that are driving the cutting-edge research in this field

Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ACTION AND AGENCY Agency, Ownership, and the Standard Theory; M.E.Schlosser Failing to do the Impossible; C.Sartorio Experimental Philosophy of Action; T.Nadelhoffer PART II: AUTONOMY Identification, Psychology, and Habits; B.Pollard Mass Perverse Identification: An Argument for a Modest Concept of Autonomy; Y.Shemmer Cartesian Reflections on the Autonomy of the Mental; M.Soteriou PART III: FREE AGENCY The Revisionist Turn: A Brief History of Recent Work on Free Will; M.Vargas Luck and Free Will; N.Levy Experimental Philosophy on Free Will: An Error Theory for Incompatibilist Intuitions; E.Nahmias & D.Murray PART IV: ACTION AND AGENCY IN CONTEXT Agentive Experiences as Pushmi-Pullyu Representations; T.Bayne Double Bookkeeping in Delusions: Explaining the Gap Between Saying and Doing; L.Bortolotti The Limits of Rationality in Collective Action Explanations; S.R.Chant Index