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Agent Causality /

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Who - or what - is an agent? How - in virtue of what - does an agent do things, or refrain from doing them? In this attempt to understand the concept of agent causality, Vollmer proposes that persons are in control of their actions in virtue of reflective consciousness, consisting of a primary, intr...

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Main Author:	Vollmer, Fred
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
Series:	Synthese library ; 283.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Linguistics > Philosophy. Philosophy. Philosophy of mind. Science > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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