Reasons and psychological causes.
The causal theory of reasons holds that acting for a reason entails that the agent’s action was caused by his or her beliefs and desires. While Donald Davidson (1963) and others effectively silenced the first objections to the theory, a new round has emerged. The most important recent attack is pres...
| Published in: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 122; no. 1; pp. 51 - 102 |
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Springer Nature
Jan2005
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