Reasons and Causes

Reasons and Causes
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
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ISBN-10 : 0230580645
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Download or read book Reasons and Causes written by A. Laitinen and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the reasons for which we act the causes of our actions? In the nine essays collected here (including a major historical overview by the editors), experts in the field re-evaluate the history and current state of the reasons/causes debate.


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