Single Idea 3395

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

Full Idea

Davidson defends the simple thesis that the reason for which an action is done is the one that causes it, …which means that agency is possible only if mental causation is possible.

Gist of Idea

Davidson claims that what causes an action is the reason for doing it

Source

report of Donald Davidson (Action, Reasons and Causes [1963]) by Jaegwon Kim - Philosophy of Mind p.127

Book Reference

Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.127

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