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    • Causal Theories of Intentional Action

    Andrea White

    Chapter from the book: White, A. 2024. Understanding Mental Causation.

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    Chapter 2 outlines causal theories of intentional action and explains how these theories are used to justify the relational understanding of mental causation. This chapter also argues that causal theories of intentional action owe much of their plausibility to relational approaches to causation.

    Disciplines:

    Philosophy of action 

    Keywords:

    intentional action naturalism causal theory of action mental causation 

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    White, A. 2024. Causal Theories of Intentional Action. In: White, A, Understanding Mental Causation. York: White Rose University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22599/White.c
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    Published on Dec. 17, 2024

    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.22599/White.c