Causing Human Actions: New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action 9780262514767

Leading figures working in the philosophy of action debate foundational issues relating to the causal theory of action.

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English Pages 336 Year 2010

Causing Human Actions: New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action
9780262514767

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Jesús H. Aguilar
Andrei A. Buckareff
Michael S. Moore
Michael Smith
Jennifer Hornsby

Categories
Psychology

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Preface
1 The Causal Theory of Action: Origins and Issues
2 Renewed Questions about the Causal Theory of Action
3 The Standard Story of Action: An Exchange (1)
4 The Standard Story of Action: An Exchange (2)
5 Skepticism about Natural Agency and the Causal Theory of Action
6 Agential Systems, Causal Deviance, and Reliability
7 What Are You Causing in Acting?
8 Omissions and Causalism
9 Intentional Omissions
10 Comments on Clarke’s “Intentional Omissions”
11 Reply to Sartorio
12 Causal and Deliberative Strength of Reasons for Action
13 Teleological Explanations of Actions
14 Teleology and Causal Understanding in Children’s Theory of Mind
15 Action Theory Meets Embodied Cognition
16 Intentions as Complex Dynamical Attractors
17 The Causal Theory of Action and the Still Puzzling Knobe Effect
References
Contributors
Index

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