Reasons and purposes human rationality and the teleological explanation of action
People act for reasons. But what is it to act for a reason? Schueler rejects the accepted view that beliefs & desires cause us to act as we do & argues instead for a view centred on practical deliberation, our ability to evaluate the reasons we accept
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
2003, 2003
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | People act for reasons. But what is it to act for a reason? Schueler rejects the accepted view that beliefs & desires cause us to act as we do & argues instead for a view centred on practical deliberation, our ability to evaluate the reasons we accept |
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Physical Description: | xii, 174 p. |
ISBN: | 9780191598364 |