<DIV><I>The Things We Do and Why We Do Them</I> argues against the common assumption that there is a kind of thing called "action" which all reason-giving explanation of action are geared towards. Sandis explains why all theories concerned with the form which any such explanation must take fail from
The things we do and why we do them
โ Scribed by Sandis, Constantine
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 247
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Subjects
Act (Philosophy);Action theory
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