Causing Human Actions: New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action

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Causing Human Actions Causing Human Actions New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action edited by Jesús H. Aguilar and Andrei A. Buckareff A Bradford Book The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. For information, please email special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu or write to Special Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. This book was set in Stone Sans and Stone Serif by Toppan Best-set Premidia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. “Omissions and Causalism” by Carolina Sartorio. Copyright 2009 Wiley-Blackwell. Reproduced with Permission of Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. “Intentional Omissions” by Randolphe Clarke. Copyright 2010 Wiley-Blackwell. Reproduced with Permission of Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Causing human actions : new perspectives on the causal theory of action / edited by Jesús H. Aguilar and Andrei A. Buckareff. p. cm. “A Bradford Book.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01456-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-262-51476-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Act (Philosophy). 2. Action theory. 3. Intentionality (Philosophy). I. Aguilar, Jesús H. (Jesús Humberto), 1962–. II. Buckareff, Andrei A., 1971–. B105.A35C38 2010 128′.4—dc22 2010003187 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...