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Autore |
Pietroski Paul M |
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Titolo |
Causing actions / / Paul M. Pietroski |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-159823-2 |
1-282-05208-X |
0-19-152023-3 |
9786612052088 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Act (Philosophy) |
Action theory |
Causation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-270) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Actions as Inner Causes""; ""2. Fregean Innocence""; ""3. From Explanation to Causation""; ""4. Other Things Being Equal""; ""5. Personal Dualism""; ""6. Modal Concerns""; ""7. Natural Causes""; ""Appendix: The Semantic Wages of Neuralism""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Paul Pietroski defends a dualist view of the mind-body problem. Central to his account is his proposed treatment of ceteris paribus laws, their role in explanation, and how such laws are related to singular causal claims. |
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