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Agent Causality (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
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Agent Causality (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Series: Synthese Library, 283
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We act for reasons. But, it is sometimes claimed, the mental states
and events that make up reasons, are not sufficient conditions of
actions. Reasons never make actions happen. We- as agents (persons,
selves, subjects) - make our actions happen. Actions are done by
us, not elicited by reasons. The present essay is an attempt to
understand this concept of agent causality. Who - or what - is an
agent ? And how - in virtue of what - does an agent do things, or
refrain from doing them? The first chapter deals with problems in
the theory of action that seem to require the assumption that
actions are controlled by agents. Chapters two and three then
review and discuss theories of agent cau sality. Chapters four and
five make up the central parts of the essay in which my own
solution is put forth, and chapter six presents some data that seem
to support this view. Chapter seven discusses how the theory can be
reconciled with neuro-physiological facts. And in the last two
chapters the theory is confronted with conflicting viewpoints and
phe nomena. Daniel Robinson and Richard Swinburne took time to read
parts of the manuscript in draft form. Though they disagree with my
main viewpoints on the nature of the self, their conunents were
very helpful. I hereby thank them both."
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