Reasons and Causes

European Journal of Philosophy 19 (1):129-157 (2011)
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Argues for a causal-psychological account of acting for reasons. This view is distinguished from a more ambitious causal theory of action, clarified as far as possible, and motivated—against non-reductive, teleological, and behaviourist alternatives—on broadly metaphysical grounds

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10.1111/j.1468-0378.2009.00378.x

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