What Are Reasons for Action?

  • Everson S
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When Donald Davidson published ‘Actions, Reasons, and Causes’ in 1963 what was most striking in his article was the claim that an agent’s beliefs and desires could be the causes of, and not merely the reasons for, his actions. In more recent years,...

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Everson, S. (2009). What Are Reasons for Action? In New Essays on the Explanation of Action (pp. 22–47). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582972_3

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