This course will focus on the question of the role of physicality in the constitution and meaning of human action. Is action constituted only in rational deliberation? Do the body and its structures play a role? What is really expressed in relation to reality and human destiny by action? How do we experience the body in action? Readings and discussion will center on the conditions and structure of human action, changing conceptions of the body, and the continuities and discontinuities between various theories. Texts will include selections from St. Thomas Aquinas, M. Blondel, S. Freud, M. Merleau-Ponty, G.E.M. Anscombe, L. Irigaray, J. Butler.