Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Roderick Chisholm and Charles Darwin

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20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

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If a desire leads to a satisfactory result by an odd route, the causal theory looks wrong [Chisholm]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / c. Agent causation

20054

There has to be a brain event which is not caused by another event, but by the agent [Chisholm]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions

3442	Responsibility seems to conflict with events being either caused or not caused [Chisholm]

3443	Desires may rule us, but are we responsible for our desires? [Chisholm]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / c. Omissions

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There are mere omissions (through ignorance, perhaps), and people can 'commit an omission' [Chisholm]