Causing actions [[electronic resource] /] / Paul M. Pietroski
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| Autore: |
Pietroski Paul M
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| Titolo: |
Causing actions [[electronic resource] /] / Paul M. Pietroski
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Act (Philosophy) |
| Action theory | |
| Causation | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-270) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Causing actions |
| ISBN: | 0-19-159823-2 |
| 1-282-05208-X | |
| 0-19-152023-3 | |
| 9786612052088 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454696003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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