Can and Might

Canadian Journal of Philosophy 1 (1):87 - 92 (1971)
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Against Richard Taylor's position (Action and Purpose,Prentice Hall,1966) that there is some further factor in agency that in one of its roles supplements the contingency of an action that is freely performed

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10.1080/00455091.1971.10716010

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