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Single Idea 20075

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

Full Idea

In Davidson's earlier approach, intentional action requires causation by reasons.

Gist of Idea

Early Davidson says intentional action is caused by reasons

Source

report of Donald Davidson (Action, Reasons and Causes [1963]) by Rowland Stout - Action 8 'Weakness'

Book Reference

Stout,Rowland: 'Action' [Acumen 2005], p.123


A Reaction

A very Kantian idea, and one that seems to bestow causal powers on something which I take to be highly abstract. Thus Davidson was wrong (but in a nice way).