New Essays on the Explanation of Action

New Essays on the Explanation of Action
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9780230582972
ISBN-13 : 0230582974
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Book Synopsis New Essays on the Explanation of Action by : C. Sandis

Download or read book New Essays on the Explanation of Action written by C. Sandis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-28 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These previously unpublished essays present the newest developments in the thought of philosophers working on action and its explanation, focusing on a wide range of interlocking issues relating to agency, deliberation, motivation, mental causation, teleology, interpretive explanation and the ontology of actions and their reasons.


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