The Practical Syllogism and Deliberation in Aristotle’s Causal Theory of Action

New Scholasticism 55 (3):281-316 (1981)
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In the present paper, I want to contribute to a correct understanding of Aristotle's action theory by explaining just how two of the key concepts which it involves are connected and by showing that, contrary to what a number of commentators have said, there are causal concepts. The concepts in question are those of deliberation and the so-called "practical syllogism."

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