Reasons and Causes: Causalism and Anti-Causalism in the Philosophy of Action (History of Analytic Philosophy)

Are the reasons for which we act the causes of our actions? In the nine essays collected here (including a major historical overview by the editors), experts in the field re-evaluate the history and current state of the reasons/causes debate. From Anti-causalism To Causalism And Back : A History Of The Reasons/causes Debate / Giuseppina D'oro And Constantine Sandis -- Still A Cause For Concern : Reasons, Causes And Explanations / Daniel D. Hutto -- Mental Causation According To Davidson / John Heil -- Why Rationalization Is Not A Species Of Causal Explanation / Brian P. Mclaughlin -- Prolegomena To A Cartographical Investigation Of Cause And Reason / Julia Tanney -- Explaining Actions And Explaining Bodily Movements / Maria Alvarez -- Actions, Explanations, And Causes / Alfred R. Mele -- The Causal Theory Of Action And The Commitments Of Common Sense Psychology / Scott Sehon -- Explaining Human Agency : Reasons, Causes, And The First Person Perspective / Karsten Stueber. Edited By Giuseppina D'oro, Keele University, Uk And Constantine Sandis, Oxford Brookes University, Uk. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This systematic and historical treatment of Russell's contributions to analytic philosophy, from his embrace of analysis in 1898 to his landmark theory of descriptions in 1905, draws important connections between his philosophically motivated conception of analysis and the technical apparatus he devised to facilitate analyses in mathematics