Explaining Behavior

Reasons in a World of Causes

Fred Dretske, Rudiger Dornbusch

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MIT Press
05 February 1991

Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)

Series: A Bradford Book

Why do human beings move? In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior. Biological science investigates what makes our bodies move in the way they do. Psychology is interested in why persons-agents with reasons-move in the way they do. Dretske attempts to reconcile these different points of view by showing how reasons operate in a world of causes. He reveals in detail how the character of our inner states-what we believe, desire, and intend-determines what we do.

By: Fred Dretske, Rudiger Dornbusch
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780262540612
ISBN 10: 0262540614
Series: A Bradford Book
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 05 February 1991
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fred Dretske is Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Philosophy, Duke University.

Reviews for Explaining Behavior: Reasons in a World of Causes

"""[An] important book, as intelligent and challenging as readers of Fred Dretske's earlier works will expect... Dretske is well-informed in cognitive science, evolutionary biology and animal behavior, and one of the pleasures of his book is the range of examples which inform the arguments... His careful, nontechnical presentation will be a focus for discussion in the philosophy of mind."" Christopher Hookway , Times Higher Education Supplement ""The problem addressed by Dretske of the relation between national and physical explanations of human action has become one of the principal problems in the philosophy of mind and of psychology, and it will be how the classic mind-body problem is going to be debated in the next decade."" Professor Jaegwon Kim , Chairman, Department of Philosophy, Brown University"