New essays on the explanation of action

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New York: Palgrave-Macmillan (2009)
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A solid cast of contributors present the first collection of essays on the Philosophy of Action

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B105.A35.N48 2009

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9780230522022

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10.1093/analys/anp145
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Acting for reasons : a grass root approach.Ralf Stoecher
Acting in character.Annette Baier
Anscombe on expression of intention.Richard Moran & Martin J. Stone
Aquinas on action and action explanation.Stephen Boulter
Aristotle's conception of practical thinking.A. W. Price
Determinism, intentional action, and bodily movements.Frederick Stoutland
Free agency, causation and action explanation.E. J. Lowe
Interpretative explanations.G. F. Schueler
Non-cognitivism and motivation.Nick Zangwill
Reasons : Explanatory and normative.Joseph Raz
Reasons : explanatory and normative.Joseph Raz
Reasons as non-causal, context-placing explanations.Julia Tanney
Reasons, desires and intentional actions.Maria Alvarez
She ran because she thought a bear was chasing her.Rowland Stout
Sub-intentional actions and the over-mentalization of agency.Helen Steward
Was Sally's reason for running from the bear that she thought it was chasing her?Rowland Stout
What must actions be for reasons to explain them?  (pages 13--21)Fred Dretske
What are reasons for action?  (pages 22-47)Stephen Everson
Con-reasons as causes.  (pages 62--74)David-Hillel Ruben
Agential reasons and the explanation of human behaviour.  (pages 75--93)Peter Hacker
Reasons as non-causal, context-placing explanations.  (pages 94--111)Julia Tanney
Can one act for a reason without acting intentionally?  (pages 169--183)Joshua Knobe & Sean D. Kelly
A niggle at Nagel: causally active desires and the explanation of action.  (pages 220--40)Charles Pigden
Acting for Reasons - A Grass Root Approach.  (pages 276-292)Ralf Stoecker
Gods and mental states : the causation of action in ancient tragedy and modern philosophy of mind.  (pages 358--385)Constantine Sandis
Action in moral metaphysics.  (pages 398-417)Jonathan Dancy
Non-cognitivism and motivation.  (pages 416--24)Nick Zangwill

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