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This text challenges the view, dominant in contemporary philosophy, that human action is driven by thoughts and desires much as a machine is made to function by the operation of physical causes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rundle, Bede
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind.
Act (Philosophy)
Philosophie de l'esprit.
Action (Philosophie)
Philosophy of mind
Speculative Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text challenges the view, dominant in contemporary philosophy, that human action is driven by thoughts and desires much as a machine is made to function by the operation of physical causes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 301 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index.
ISBN:9780191679414
0191679410