Explaining Behavior: Reasons in a World of Causes

MIT Press (1988)
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Fred Dretske
Last affiliation: Duke University
Abstract
In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior.
Keywords Behavior  Belief  Cause  Desire  Explanation  Metaphysics  Motivation  Reasons  Representation
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ISBN(s) 0262540614   9780262540612   0262040948
DOI 10.2307/2185177
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