Deciding: how special is it?

Philosophical Explorations 24 (3):359-375 (2021)
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To decide to A, as I conceive of it, is to perform a momentary mental action of forming an intention to A. I argue that ordinary instances of practical deciding, so conceived, falsify the following...

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10.1080/13869795.2021.1957203

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