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Full Idea
Most causalists allow that reason explanations are teleological, but say that such purposive explanations are analysable causally, where the primary reasons for the act are the guiding causes of the act.
Gist of Idea
Causalists allow purposive explanations, but then reduce the purpose to the action's cause
Source
Wilson,G/Schpall,S (Action [2012], 3)
Book Ref
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.11
A Reaction
The authors observe that it is hard to adjudicate on this matter, and that the concept of the 'cause' of an action is unclear.