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8 Goal-Directed Action and Teleological Explanation

In J. K. Campbell, M. O'Rourke & H. S. Silverstein (eds.), Causation and Explanation. MIT Press. pp. 4--155 (2007)

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  1. The Davidsonian Challenge to the Non-Causalist.Guido Löhrer & Scott Sehon - 2016 - American Philosophical Quarterly 53 (1):85-96.
    Davidson's 1963 essay "Actions, Reasons, and Causes" convinced most philosophers that reason explanations are a species of causal explanation. By way of argument, Davidson challenged the non-causalist to make sense of cases where the agent has more than one reason that would justify her behavior but only acts on one of these reasons. We claim that a teleological account of action explanation can answer Davidson's challenge, but we argue further that if the Davidsonian challenge is a problem for the teleologist, (...)
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