Table Of ContentThe PhilosopohfAy c tion
An Introduction
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Contents
Acknowledgements VB
Introduction
9
Actioannsd H appenings
1.A1g enry 9
12. ThSee arocArhg fenry 10
1.B3a sAictci ons 14
2 TheN ew VolitioTnhaelo ry 18
2.H1ug hM cCanBna:sA ictci aornVeso iloints 19
2.B2ir aOnS' hgahusnsyeT:ry ig,nM inda nBdody 22
2.J3e nrnH ifeornys:Ab ctiaorTnerys i ngs 27
2.S4mu mary 29
3 SomeR emarkasb outth eO ntoloogfyA ctions 30
4 MeaningfAuclt ions 37
5 Agencayn dI ntentioAncatli on 49
6 The IntentionaolfMi itnyd 61
7 IntentionaalnidSt cyi ence 70
8 Lawsa ndE xplanatoifoA nc tionPs.M: . Churchland 80
9 Lawsa ndP redictoifAo cnt ionDse:c isiTohne ory 91
Contents
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10 DavidsonC'auss aTlh eoroyf IntentioAncatli on 105
II WaywardC ausaClh ains 115
12 IntentainodnI ntentioAncatli on 129
13 DavidsoTnh'eso royf Intention 145
14 Agencayn dP hysicDaelt erminism 158
Conclusion 165
Notes 171
Bibliography 197
Index 185
Acknowlegedments
Thisb ookw as mainlwyr ittednu rinmgy sta,y asa n Honorary
ResearcFhe lloiwn,t heP hilosopDheyp artmeonftt heU niversoift y
Birminghaimn t hea cademiyce ar1 9876.T-h iss tayw asp ossible
owingto a Scholarsahwiapr debdy t heV alenciCaonu nciolfC uiture,
Educatiaonnd S ciencaen da leavfero m my teachidnugt ieastt he
UniversoiftV ya lneci.a
Verys pecitahla nkasr ed uet oD rC hristophHeoro kwa,y who
encouragmeed tog etm y ideadso wn on papera ndg avem e the
opportuntioti ym provteh emw ithh isp atieanntd i nsiguhltc friticisms
andc ommentsa,l thouhgihs v iewasb outh umana ctiowne re- and
remai-nf airldyi fferefnrotm mineW.i thouhti m,t hiwso rkw ouldn ot
havee xist.eD.de fectsh,o wevera,r es olelmyy responsiitb.yi Vlery
heluplfa nd competreenmta rkwse rea lsmoa deb y Dr N. DentM.y
thankasl soto D r H. Noonana nd Mr B.F alkf or theihre lpa nd
encouragemaenndtt ,o t her esotf t heD epartmesntta fffort heiwra rm
welcomaen de xtremkei ndness.
I am alsgor atuelft oP roefssoDro nald Daviwdhsoo rne ads ome
partosft het ypescrainpdtm adei nvaluacbolmem entosn i tt,h ougIh
wantt os tretshsef actt hatth ee xpositainodnc riticoifsh ims t heoriyn
thibso oki,n cludipnogs sibelrer orasr,em y exclusrievsep onsibIi lity.
alsboe nefitferodm somew ises uggestimoandse b y Dr Tom Sorell.
My thankfisn,a l,l- ytDor F .M owteroV,.R agaa ndt om y colleagues
int heD epartmeontfM etaphysiicns V alenciaas, w ella s lom y
studenftrosm, whom I havel earnt mtohraenI haveb eena ble to
teach.
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Introudction
Thisb ooki si ntendteodb ea ni ntroducitnoqruyi irnyt coe ntriasls ues
int hep hilosopohfay c tioann ds omer elatteodp iicnst hep hilosophy
ofm ind.I havet rietdoa voitde chniecxaplr essisoont sh,a itt c anb e
readb ya nye ducatreeda'd ewri,t hn on eedo fa specipahli losophical
trainiSnog,.I hopei tw ilble u seufln oto nlyt op hilosopshtyu dents,
buta lstoo s tudenotfsp olitipcssy,c holosgoyc,i olaongdyo thesro cial
sciencwehso wouldl ikteo g ets omei deao fw hatp hilosopchayn
contributtoe a subjecwth ichh asa relevabneta rinogn their
disciplinnaemse,lhy u mana ctioMno.r eoveirtc, a nb er eawdi thp rofit
byt heg enerraela dewri tah ni nteriensp th ilosopThhyi.si ntroductory
taski sn ota ccomplishheodw,e verf,ro m a detacheadn d cold
perspectbiuvtfe ro,m a committpeodi notfv ieww,h ictha keasn a ctive
paritn t hed iscussMiyo na.i mh asb eent od rawa sorotf m apt hacta n
helpt her eadetro fi nd hiso r herw ay througah c ertafiienl do f
problemBsu.t I haven ott akeunp t hep enw ithouptr ejudsi.Ic h eave
dealwti tht hesmea tterfsro m a sorotf o bscurfeee lintgh atc ertain
ordinaarsys umptioanbso uth umanb eingasr eb asicatlrluye a,n dI
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havet rietdou ncovetrh ef oundatioonfts h ifsee lintgo,g ivteh emf orm
ands tructaunrdet ot urtnh isst ructiunrtepo h ilosophical aIr gument.
havem adea serioeuffso rnto tt om istakfeee linfgor a rgumennto,r t o
preseanstr easonmse red isguisperde judicIe dso. n ott hinIk h ave
settltehdeq uestioInfas .q uestiiosrn e aldleye pi,tc annobte s ettled
oncea ndf ora llb,u to nlrye ofrmulataendd a rguefdur thePrh.i losophy
progrestsherso ugrheo frmulatiaonnda rguinAgs.l onags o nei sd oing
philosopohnye,s houlndo tl ookfo r ad efinitesleyc urpeo sitioonn ,
paino ffi ndintgh at btuhie ldiinnwg hicho nei ntendteods ettdloew n
isn ow beinrge buislotm ey ardash ea.d
