Kinds of Reasons

Kinds of Reasons
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9780199550005
ISBN-13 : 019955000X
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Book Synopsis Kinds of Reasons by : Maria Alvarez

Download or read book Kinds of Reasons written by Maria Alvarez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding human beings and their distinctive rational and volitional capacities requires a clear account of such things as reasons, desires, emotions, and motives, and how they combine to produce and explain human behaviour. Maria Alvarez presents a fresh and incisive study of these concepts, centred on reasons and their role in human agency.


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