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- catalog abstract ""Rudiger Bittner proposes a reason is a state of affairs, and to do something for a reason is to do it in response to that state of affairs. This answer is in opposition to the broad consensus in contemporary philosophy that reasons are mental states of the agent; Bittner, by contrast, tries to retrieve a thoroughly worldly understanding of reasons and acting for reasons." "This work presents, through a detailed examination of widely received literature, a powerful argument for a new thesis on rational agency - a thesis that is sure to spark intense discussion and to open new avenues of investigation among all philosophers."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12187899.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Rudiger Bittner proposes a reason is a state of affairs, and to do something for a reason is to do it in response to that state of affairs. This answer is in opposition to the broad consensus in contemporary philosophy that reasons are mental states of the agent; Bittner, by contrast, tries to retrieve a thoroughly worldly understanding of reasons and acting for reasons." "This work presents, through a detailed examination of widely received literature, a powerful argument for a new thesis on rational agency - a thesis that is sure to spark intense discussion and to open new avenues of investigation among all philosophers."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Desire and Belief -- 2. Sources of the Desire/Belief Thesis -- 3. Acting on Principle -- 4. Doing Things for Reasons -- The Idea -- 5. The Explanatory Force of Reason Explanations -- 6. Any State or Event May Be a Reason for Which Somebody Does Something -- 7. Reasons for Which People Do Things Are Normally Not Qualities of the Agent -- 8. Reasons One Has for Doing Something -- 9. Are Reasons Internal? And Are They Normative? -- 10. Stronger Reasons -- 11. Doing Things for a Purpose, Doing Things for Fun -- 12. A Rational Agent.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xi, 204 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195143647 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "128/.4 21".
- catalog subject "Act (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "B105.A35 B55 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Desire and Belief -- 2. Sources of the Desire/Belief Thesis -- 3. Acting on Principle -- 4. Doing Things for Reasons -- The Idea -- 5. The Explanatory Force of Reason Explanations -- 6. Any State or Event May Be a Reason for Which Somebody Does Something -- 7. Reasons for Which People Do Things Are Normally Not Qualities of the Agent -- 8. Reasons One Has for Doing Something -- 9. Are Reasons Internal? And Are They Normative? -- 10. Stronger Reasons -- 11. Doing Things for a Purpose, Doing Things for Fun -- 12. A Rational Agent.".
- catalog title "Doing things for reasons / Rüdiger Bittner.".
- catalog type "text".