| Causing Actions Revised Edition Contributor(s): Pietroski, Paul M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199252769 ISBN-13: 9780199252763 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Paul Pietroski presents an original philosophical theory of actions and their mental causes. We often act for reasons, deliberating and choosing among options, based on our beliefs and desires. But because bodily motions always have biochemical causes, it can seem that thinking and acting are biochemical processes. Pietroski argues that thoughts and deeds are in fact distinct from, though dependent on, underlying biochemical processes within persons. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 128.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.28" W x 9.36" (0.91 lbs) 284 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Paul Pietroski presents an original philosophical theory of actions and their mental causes. We often act for reasons, deliberating and choosing among options, based on our beliefs and desires. But because bodily motions always have biochemical causes, it can seem that thinking and acting are biochemical processes. Pietroski argues that thoughts and deeds are in fact distinct from, though dependent on, underlying biochemical processes within persons. |