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... explained an instance of some wider generalization . They all involve in a more or less rigorous way the deduction of the statement to be explained . " " 2 If this is what it means to explain , then what Shakespeare tells us about human ...
... explained an instance of some wider generalization . They all involve in a more or less rigorous way the deduction of the statement to be explained . " " 2 If this is what it means to explain , then what Shakespeare tells us about human ...
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... explain an action in this way we make a judgment to the effect that , given the agent's goals , etc. , this was the thing for him to do . The explanation " justifies " the action in the sense that it represents it as the appro- priate ...
... explain an action in this way we make a judgment to the effect that , given the agent's goals , etc. , this was the thing for him to do . The explanation " justifies " the action in the sense that it represents it as the appro- priate ...
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... explain " why he killed the victim - as could money , or " a number of other reasons . " Generalizations are not needed because reasons for murder are not , as Nagel seems to think , causal " factors " in whose presence people will ...
... explain " why he killed the victim - as could money , or " a number of other reasons . " Generalizations are not needed because reasons for murder are not , as Nagel seems to think , causal " factors " in whose presence people will ...
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Knowledge as recollection The divided line | 5 |
Causality Free Will and Determinism | 31 |
A defense of necessary connection | 40 |
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