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Explaining human action / Kathleen Lennon.
LIBRA BF503 .L45 1990
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lennon, Kathleen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motivation (Psychology).
- Intention.
- Explanation.
- Reductionism.
- Functionalism (Psychology).
- Science and psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- La Salle, Ill. : Open Court, [1990]
- Summary:
- Kathleen Lennon provides a new approach to the philosophy of action, showing how "reasons" fit into the casual framework of the world, while defending their autonomy. She disputes the rapidly-congealing orthodoxy which maintains that explanations according to intentional states cannot be casual explanations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812691342
- 0812691350
- OCLC:
- 21764340
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