Single Idea 3871

[catalogued under 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes]

Full Idea

To explain an action as an action is to show that it is rational.

Gist of Idea

Explaining an action is showing that it is rational

Source

W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], X.2)

Book Reference

Newton-Smith,W.H.: 'The Rationality of Science' [RKP 1981], p.241

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