DAVIDSON ON JUSTIFICATION AND RATIONALIZATION

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  • Lilian O’Brien
Keywords: justification, rationalization, intentional action, reason for action

Abstract

It is widely assumed that action explanation renders intentional actions rationally intelligible in light of an agent’s beliefs and desires. Donald Davidson shares this assumption. However, I argue that his theory of action explanation fails to accommodate this feature of action explanation. Moreover, this failure offers strong reasons to abandon causalism about action explanation.

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Author Biography

Lilian O’Brien

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, USA
How to Cite
O’Brien, L. (2006). DAVIDSON ON JUSTIFICATION AND RATIONALIZATION. Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (37), 171–178. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/daimon/article/view/15161
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