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'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Axiomatic Thought' and 'Action'
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20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory
20014
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Actions include: the involuntary, the purposeful, the intentional, and the self-consciously autonomous [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 4. Action as Movement
20019
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Maybe bodily movements are not actions, but only part of an agent's action of moving [Wilson/Schpall]
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20021
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Is the action the arm movement, the whole causal process, or just the trying to do it? [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions
20023
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If someone believes they can control the lottery, and then wins, the relevant skill is missing [Wilson/Schpall]
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20022
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To be intentional, an action must succeed in the manner in which it was planned [Wilson/Schpall]
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20025
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We might intend two ways to acting, knowing only one of them can succeed [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions
20031
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On one model, an intention is belief-desire states, and intentional actions relate to beliefs and desires [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / d. Group intentions
20028
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Groups may act for reasons held by none of the members, so maybe groups are agents [Wilson/Schpall]
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20027
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If there are shared obligations and intentions, we may need a primitive notion of 'joint commitment' [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 2. Acting on Beliefs / b. Action cognitivism
20016
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Strong Cognitivism identifies an intention to act with a belief [Wilson/Schpall]
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20017
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Weak Cognitivism says intentions are only partly constituted by a belief [Wilson/Schpall]
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20018
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Strong Cognitivism implies a mode of 'practical' knowledge, not based on observation [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
20012
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Maybe the explanation of an action is in the reasons that make it intelligible to the agent [Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes
20013
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It is generally assumed that reason explanations are causal [Wilson/Schpall]
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20029
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Causalists allow purposive explanations, but then reduce the purpose to the action's cause [Wilson/Schpall]
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