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Explaining Behavior: Reasons in a World of Causes
MIT Press (1988)
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In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior.Author's Profile
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1991
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0262540614 9780262540612 0262040948
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10.2307/2185177
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