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Indexical Reference and bodily causal diagrams in intentional action

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In this paper, completed only months before his death, the author studies a number of concepts of importance for the analysis of intentional action. Four themes in particular are discussed: the intentionality of action, the practical syllogism, what the author terms “the practical causality of practical thinking”, and the proximate cause of action. (K. S.)

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Castañeda, H.N. Indexical Reference and bodily causal diagrams in intentional action. Stud Logica 51, 439–462 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028970

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