Causing actions
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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.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford Univ. Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 274 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191520235, 0191520233, 9780191598234, 0191598232, 9780199252763, 0199252769
- oclc:ocn340961538
- 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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