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Teleological Explanation
In Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 121–128 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Reductionist Accounts of Teleology Non ‐ Reductionist Accounts Prospects and Consequences References.
teleological explanation teleological explanation of human behavior ‐ explaining behavior by citing a state of affairs or a goal towards which it was directed reductionist accounts of teleology pre‐Darwinian thoughts, as an argument for the existence of God evolutionary approach ‐ and application to human behavior non‐reductionist accounts Davidson (1963), a challenge for any non‐causal account of action explanation teleologist's answer, lying in the fact alluded to above ‐ seeking rationalizing explanations of agent's behavior
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