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Ideas for 'Subjectivist's Guide to Objective Chance', 'Set Theory and related topics (2nd ed)' and 'Action, Reasons and Causes'

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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 2. Acting on Beliefs / a. Acting on beliefs

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Acting for a reason is a combination of a pro attitude, and a belief that the action is appropriate [Davidson]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

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The best explanation of reasons as purposes for actions is that they are causal [Davidson, by Smith,M]

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Reasons can give purposes to actions, without actually causing them [Smith,M on Davidson]

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Early Davidson says intentional action is caused by reasons [Davidson, by Stout,R]

6664	Reasons must be causes when agents act 'for' reasons [Davidson, by Lowe]

3395	Davidson claims that what causes an action is the reason for doing it [Davidson, by Kim]