The philosophy of action / edited by Alfred R. Mele. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. - vi, 314 p. ; 21 cm. - Oxford readings in philosophy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-311) and index.

Actions, reasons, and causes / Donald Davidson -- The problem of act ion / Harry G. Frankfurt -- Trying (as the mental 'pineal gland') / Bri an O'Shaughnessy -- Acting for reasons / Robert Audi -- Reasons explana tion of action : an incompatibilist account / Carl Ginet -- A causal th eory of intending / Wayne A. Davis -- Practical reasoning / Gilbert Har man -- Two faces of intention / Michael Bratman -- Settled objectives a nd rational constraints / Hugh J. McCann -- Intentional action / Alfred R. Mele and Paul K. Moser -- Mechanism, purpose, and explanatory exclu sion / Jaegwon Kim -- Agency and causal explanation / Jennifer Hornsby.

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