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The Philosophy of Action: An Introduction

ISBN: 978-0-7456-0747-4
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January 1991, Polity
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Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. Actions and Happenings.

2. The New Volitional Theory.

3. Some Remarks about the Ontology of Actions.

4. Meaningful Actions.

5. Agency and Intentional Action.

6. The Intentionality of Mind.

7. Intentionality and Science.

8. Laws and Explanation of Actions.

9. Laws and Prediction of Actions.

10. Davidson's Causal Theory of Intentional Action.

11. Wayward Causal Chains.

12. Intention and Intentional Action.

13. Davidson's Theory of Intention.

14. Agency and Physical Determinism.

Conclusion.

Notes.

Bibliography.

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