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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Intentionality and action

edited byMargit Gaffal

Abstract

The book links the concept of intention to human action. It provides answers to questions like: Why do we act intentionally? Which impact do reasons and motives have on our decisions? Certain events are identified as intentional actions when they are considered as being rationalized by reasons. The linguistic description of such events enables us to reveal the structure of intention. The mental and the linguistic constitute irreducible ways of understanding events.

Publication details

Publisher: de Gruyter

Place: Berlin

Year: 2017

Pages: n/a

ISBN (hardback): 9783110560282

Full citation:

Gaffal Margit (2017) Intentionality and action. Berlin, de Gruyter.