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Explaining Behavior Reasons in a World of Causes

Paperback • 1991 • English

Explaining Behavior Reasons in a World of Causes

By Fred Dretske

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Why do human beings move? In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior. Biological science investigates what makes our bodies move in the way they do. Psychology is interested in why persons—agents with reasons—move in the way they do. Dretske attempts to reconcile these different points of view by showing how reasons operate in a world of causes. He reveals in detail how the character of ou...Show more

Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
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ISBN

9780262540612

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

1991

Language

English

Original title

Explaining Behavior Reasons in a World of Causes

Format

Paperback

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