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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schueler, G. F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 2003, 2003
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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
Physical Description:xii, 174 p.
ISBN:9780191598364