An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry: Contemporary and Classical SourcesJoseph Margolis |
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... action when the reason explains the action by giving the agent's reason for doing what he did ? We may call such explanations rationalizations , and say that the reason ration- alizes the action . In this paper I want to defend the ...
... action when the reason explains the action by giving the agent's reason for doing what he did ? We may call such explanations rationalizations , and say that the reason ration- alizes the action . In this paper I want to defend the ...
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... actions in terms of their reasons ; thus ' James went to church with the intention of pleasing his mother ' yields a new , and fuller , description of the action described in ' James went to church ' . Essentially the same process goes ...
... actions in terms of their reasons ; thus ' James went to church with the intention of pleasing his mother ' yields a new , and fuller , description of the action described in ' James went to church ' . Essentially the same process goes ...
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... action is reasonable . But then some- thing essential has certainly been left out , for a person can have a reason for an action , and perform the action , and yet this reason not be the reason why he did it . Central to the relation ...
... action is reasonable . But then some- thing essential has certainly been left out , for a person can have a reason for an action , and perform the action , and yet this reason not be the reason why he did it . Central to the relation ...
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PHILOSOPHICAL PERPLEXITY | 33 |
INTRODUCTION | 44 |
Religious Disputes | 99 |
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