Reasons and Purposes Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action

Name: Reasons and Purposes Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action
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ISBN: 9780199250370

ISBN-10: 0199250375

ISBN-13: 9780199250370

Edition: 2003

Authors: G. F. Schueler, Fred Schueler

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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.

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/10/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.78" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



reasons And Purposes


Reasons and Purposes


Preface


Acknowledgements



Purposes, Causes, and Reasons Explanations



Non-Teleological Explanations of Actions



Teleological Explanations of Actions



Explanations in Terms of the Agent's Reasoning



The Inherently Normative Nature of Action Explanations


Bibliography


Index