Most of the papers in this collection are contributions to action
theory intended to be of some relevance to one or another concern
of decision theory, particularly to its application to concrete
human behavior. Some of the papers touch only indirectly on
problems of interest to decision theorists, but taken together they
should be of use to both decision theorists and philosophers of
action. Robert Audi's paper indicates how a number of questions in
action theory might bear on problems in decision theory, and it
suggests how some action-theoretic results may help in the
construction or interpretation of theories of decision, both
normative and empirical. Carl Ginet's essay lays foundations for
the conception of action. His volitional framework roots actions
internally and conceives them as irreducibly connected with
intentionality. Hugh McCann's essay is also foundational, but
stresses intention more than volition and lays some of the
groundwork for assessing the rationality of intention and
intentional action. In William Alston's paper, the notion of a plan
as underlying (intentional) action is central, and we are given
both a con ception of the structure of intentional action and a set
of implicit goals and beliefs - those whose content is represented
in the plan - which form an indispensable part of the basis on
which the rationality of the action is to be judged."
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