G F Schueler

Reasons and Purposes

Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action

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Produktbeschreibung

People act for reasons. That is how we understand ourselves. But what is it to act for a reason? This is what Fred Schueler investigates. He rejects the dominant view that the beliefs and desires that constitute our reasons for acting simply cause us to act as we do, and argues instead for a view centred on practical deliberation--our ability to evaluate the reasons we accept. Schueler's account of 'reasons explanations' emphasizes the relation between reasons and purposes, and the fact that the reasons for an action are not always good reasons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 162mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780199250370
• ISBN-10: 0199250375
• Artikelnr.: 22167776

Autorenporträt

(Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, USA)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Purposes, Causes, and Reasons Explanations
2: Reasons and Causes
3: Causes and Causal Explanations
2. Non Telelogical Explanations of Actions
5: Are 'Causal' Explanations Unavoidable?
3. Teleological Explanations of Actions
7: Character Traits
4. Explaining in Terms of the Agent's Reasoning
9: Practical Reasoning and the Explanation of Actions
10: Practical Reasoning and Evaluations
11: The Principle of Charity
5. The Inherently Normative Nature of Action Explanations
13: Normative Explanations II: The Agent's Perspective
Bibliography