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Action and its Explanation

David-Hillel Ruben

Print publication date: 2003

Print ISBN-13: 9780198235880

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198235880.001.0001

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Introduction

Introduction

Chapter:
(p.1) Introduction
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Action and its Explanation
Author(s):

Ruben David-Hillel

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198235880.003.0001

This introductory chapter sets out the purpose of the book, which is to articulate a view of action and its explanation that most closely fits the author's conception. It also dismisses some alternatives to the author's view. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.

Keywords:   philosophy of action, prolific theory, act individuation, causal theory, agent causal theory, mental action, skilled activity

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