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Reasons and purposes : human rationality and the teleological explanation of action

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  • "People act for reasons. But what is it to act for a reason? Schueler rejects the accepted view that beliefs & desires cause us to act as we do & argues instead for a view centred on practical deliberation, our ability to evaluate the reasons we accept."
  • "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. People do things for reasons. But philosophers have disagreed sharply about how 'reasons explanations' of actions actually work and hence about their implications for human freedom and autonomy. The dominant view in contemporary philosophy is the (Humean) idea that the beliefs and desires that constitute our reasons for acting simply cause us to act as we do."

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  • "Llibres electrònics"
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  • "Reasons and purposes : human rationality and the teleological explanation of action"
  • "Reasons and purposes : human rationality and the teleological explanation of action"@en
  • "Reasons and Purposes Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action"@en
  • "Reasons and Purposes Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action"
  • "Reasons and Purposes : Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action"
  • "Reasons and purposes human rationality and the teleological explanation of action"
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