Action

London,: University of Toronto Press (1968)
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Professor Brown in this volume discusses one of the most difficult questions in metaphysics, “what is action?” His analysis proceeds along three main lines of thought: the point of view of the agent, the primacy of inanimate action, and the pervasiveness of explanatory insight in the description of action.

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BD450.B66 1968b

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9781442632585   0041500245   1442632585

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10.3138/9781442632585
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Donald G. Brown
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