Review of Jonathan Payton's 'Negative Actions: Events, Absences, and the Metaphysics of Agency' [Book Review]

Philosophical Quarterly 72 (4):1045-1048 (2022)
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A review of Jonathan Payton's excellent book, Negative Actions (CUP).

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