New essays on the explanation of action (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
What must actions be for reasons to explain them? / Fred Dretske -- What are reasons for action? / Stephen Everson -- Was Sally's reason for running from the bear that she thought it was chasing her? / Rowland Stout -- Con-reasons as causes / David-Hillel Ruben -- Agential reasons and the explanation of human behaviour / Peter Hacker -- Reasons as non-causal, context-placing explanations / Julia Tanney -- Interpretative explanations / G.F. Schueler -- Anscombe on expression of intention / Richard Moran and Martin J. Stone -- Can one act for a reason without acting intentionally? / Joshua Knobe and Sean D. Kelly -- Reasons : explanatory and normative / Joseph Raz -- Reasons, desires and intentional actions / Maria Alvarez -- A niggle at Nagel : causally active desires and the explanation of action / Charles Pigden -- Acting in character / Annette Baier -- Aquinas on action and action explanation / Stephen Boulter -- Acting for reasons : a grass root approach / Ralf Stoecher -- Sub-intentional actions and the over-mentalization of agency / Helen Steward -- Determinism, intentional action, and bodily movements / Frederick Stoutland -- Free agency, causation and action explanation / E.J. Lowe -- Gods and mental states : the causation of action in ancient tragedy and modern philosophy of mind / Constantine Sandis -- Aristotle's conception of practical thinking / A.W. Price -- Action in moral metaphysics / Jonathan Dancy -- Non-cognitivism and motivation / Nick Zangwill