Causing actions

Causing actions

by Pietroski, Paul M.

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Paul Pietroski defends a dualist view of the mind-body problem. Central to his account is his proposed treatment of ceteris paribus laws, their role in explanation, and how such laws are related to singular causal claims.

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  • Full title :Causing actions / Paul M. Pietroski.

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Paul Pietroski defends a dualist view of the mind-body problem. Central to his account is his proposed treatment of ceteris paribus laws, their role in explanation, and how such laws are related to singular causal claims.

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  • Publication Date:2000.

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  • Description:viii, 274 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0198250428, 9780198250425, 0199252769, 9780199252763
  • oclc:ocm42911919
  • LC Classification:B105.A35
  • Dewey Decimal:128/.4

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Actions as inner causes -- 2. Fregean innocence -- 3. From explanation to causation -- 4. Other things being equal -- 5. Personal dualism -- 6. Modal concerns -- 7. Natural causes -- Appendix: The semantic wages of neuralism -- References -- Index.

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Subjects

08.36 philosophical anthropology, philo… 08.44 social philosophy Act (Philosophy) Action (Philosophie) Action theory Causalité Causaliteit causality Causation Handelingstheorie Handlungstheorie Leib-Seele-Problem Philosophie théorie de l'action

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Pietroski, Paul M.

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