Action and Existence: A Case For Agent Causation

Swindal, J.

Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers instead an agent causal view both to describe what an action is and to set a framework for how actions are explained.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-11-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230296671

DOI: 10.1057/9780230355460

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 206