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5 Mental causation
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction: inward-looki g and outward-looking approaches to agency 1
- Acting for a reason 15
- Reasons and passions 33
- Agent causation 53
- Mental causation 69
- Deviant causal chains and causal processes 83
- Acting with an intention 99
- Prior intention 119
- The metaphysics of action 137
- Conclusion 153
- Notes 155
- Suggestions for further reading 159
- References 161
- Index 163
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction: inward-looki g and outward-looking approaches to agency 1
- Acting for a reason 15
- Reasons and passions 33
- Agent causation 53
- Mental causation 69
- Deviant causal chains and causal processes 83
- Acting with an intention 99
- Prior intention 119
- The metaphysics of action 137
- Conclusion 153
- Notes 155
- Suggestions for further reading 159
- References 161
- Index 163