Michael Bratman's work has been unusually influential, with significance in disciplines as diverse as philosophy, computer science, law, and primatology. This is a collection of critical essays by some of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished figures, including Margaret Gilbert, Richard Holton, Christine Korsgaard, Alfred Mele, Elijah Milgram, Kieran Setiya, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Scott Shapiro, Michael Smith, J. David Velleman, R. Jay Wallace. It also contains an introduction by the editors, situating Bratman's work and its broader significance.

The essays in this volume engage with ideas and themes prominent in Bratman's work. The volume also includes a lengthy reply by Bratman that breaks new ground and deepens our understanding of the nature of action, rationality, and social agency.

Manuel Vargas is Professor of Philosophy and Law at University of San Francisco.

Gideon Yaffe is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School.

Contributors:

Michael E. Bratman, U. G. and Abbie Birch Durfee Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University

Margaret Gilbert, Abraham I. Melden Chair in Moral Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine

Richard Holton, Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Christine M. Korsgaard, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University

Alfred R. Mele, William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University

Elijah Milgram, E. E. Ericksen Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Morehead-Cain Alumni Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kieran Setiya, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh

Scott J. Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Michael Smith, McCosh Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University

Manuel Vargas, Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of San Francisco

J. David Velleman, Professor of Philosophy, New York University

R. Jay Wallace, Judy Chandler Webb Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Gideon Yaffe, Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale University