
Explaining Behavior
Reasons in a World of Causes
Fred Dretske(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 5. February 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-0-262-54061-2 (ISBN)
Description
Why do human beings move? In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior. Biological science investigates what makes our bodies move in the way they do. Psychology is interested in why persons—agents with reasons—move in the way they do. Dretske attempts to reconcile these different points of view by showing how reasons operate in a world of causes. He reveals in detail how the character of our inner states—what we believe, desire, and intend—determines what we do.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
273 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54061-2 (9780262540612)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Fred Dretske is Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Philosophy, Duke University.