Intro (3) Flashcards
(27 cards)
If this conclusion is supported by reflection on ______, all the more so must it be supported by considerations to do with the nature of practical reasoning, whose quite explicit goal is action satisfying the reasoner’s desires.
the nature of theoretical reasoning
If this conclusion is supported by reflection on the nature of theoretical reasoning, all the more so must it be supported by considerations to do with ______, whose quite explicit goal is action satisfying the reasoner’s desires.
the nature of practical reasoning
If this conclusion is supported by reflection on the nature of theoretical reasoning, all the more so must it be supported by considerations to do with the nature of practical reasoning, whose ______.
quite explicit goal is action satisfying the reasoner’s desires
It is to ______ that we shall turn our attention in this chapter.
the character of intentional action and its motivation
Amongst the questions that we should explore are the following. First of all, ______?
what do we, or should we, mean by an ‘action’
In particular, ______ between a person’s actions and things which merely ‘happen to’ that person?
how should we distinguish
In particular, how should we distinguish between ______ and ______?
- a person’s actions
- things which merely ‘happen to’ that person
Next, is it correct to describe ______ and ______ - and if so, what does this difference consist in?
- some actions as ‘intentional’
- others as ‘unintentional’
Next, is it correct to describe some actions as ‘intentional’ and others as ‘unintentional’ - and if so, ______?
what does this difference consist in
Or should we say, rather, that ______ may be intentional under one description of that action but unintentional under another description?
one and the same action
Or should we say, rather, that one and the same action may be ______ but unintentional under another description?
intentional under one description of that action
Or should we say, rather, that one and the same action may be intentional under one description of that action but ______?
unintentional under another description
More generally, ______ - what counts as ‘one and the same action’, as opposed to two distinct actions?
how should actions be individuated
More generally, how should actions be individuated - ______, as opposed to two distinct actions?
what counts as ‘one and the same action’
More generally, how should actions be individuated - what counts as ‘one and the same action’, ______?
as opposed to two distinct actions
Is it ______ that they involve trying - and is trying just a matter of what some philosophers have called ‘willing’?
a distinctive feature of all actions
Is it a distinctive feature of all actions that ______ - and is trying just a matter of what some philosophers have called ‘willing’?
they involve trying
Is it a distinctive feature of all actions that they involve trying - and is trying ______?
just a matter of what some philosophers have called ‘willing’
What, if anything, ______, and do we have it?
should we mean by ‘freedom of will’
What, if anything, should we mean by ‘freedom of will’, and ______?
do we have it
What is it that ______? What roles do such mental states as beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions have in the motivational structure of human agency?
motivates us to act
What is it that motivates us to act? What ______ do such mental states as beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions have in the motivational structure of human agency?
roles
What is it that motivates us to act? What roles do such ______ as beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions have in the motivational structure of human agency?
mental states
What is it that motivates us to act? What roles do such mental states as ______, ______, ______, and ______ have in the motivational structure of human agency?
- beliefs
- desires
- intentions
- emotions
