Action and Its Explanation

New York: Oxford University Press (2003)
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an examination of both the causal theory of action and the agent causalist theory, and a proposal for a third alternative.

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B105.A35.R83 2003

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0198235887   9780198235880

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10.1215/00318108-114-1-128
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