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Causing actions / Paul M. Pietroski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pietroski, Paul M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Act (Philosophy).
- Action theory.
- Causation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 274 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Paul Pietroski defends a dualist view of the mind-body problem. Central to his account is his proposed treatment of ceteris paribus laws, their role in explanation, and how such laws are related to singular causal claims.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Actions as inner causes
- 2. Fregean innocence
- 3. From explanation to causation
- 4. Other things being equal
- 5. Personal dualism
- 6. Modal concerns
- 7. Natural causes
- Appendix: The semantic wages of neuralism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-270) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-159823-2
- 1-282-05208-X
- 0-19-152023-3
- 9786612052088
- OCLC:
- 340961538
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