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This volume explores fundamental questions about human action, reasoning, and causation within the philosophical tradition. The book engages with competing theories about action explanation, particularly examining disagreements over whether all actions share an underlying explanatory unity. Through rigorous philosophical analysis, the work challenges conventional models that link beliefs and desires to action, offering fresh perspectives on how agents respond to the world. Readers will find detailed arguments questioning inherited assumptions in action theory and proposing alternative frameworks for understanding deliberation and causation. Part of the respected Philosophical Studies Series from Springer, this scholarly text serves researchers, academics, and advanced students working in philosophy of action, metaphysics, and epistemology.

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Part of Springer's Philosophical Studies Series Volume 77, providing peer-reviewed scholarship on action theory and metaphysics.

Examines the belief-desire model of action and critiques the 'received view' in contemporary philosophy.

Addresses foundational disagreements between major philosophers about the unity and structure of action explanations.

Offers detailed analysis of how agents respond to the world without relying on reductive assumptions.

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, ensuring rigorous editorial standards and academic credibility.

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Release Date
30 September 1998
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15 December 2006

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