Reason, Motive and Cause from a Wittgensteinian Perspective

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angličtina
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Reason, Motive and Cause from a Wittgensteinian Perspective
Original language description
We can say of an intentional action that it has a reason or a motive; and in the same vein, such an action must have a cause. It is thus only a matter of terminology whether all species of intentionality can be restated in this way?as a relation betweenan action and its motive. I argue that the distinction between a reason and a cause is a special case of the distinction between internal and external relations. This distinction allows us to analyze a metaphysical haze which is produced by confusing empirical (i.e. external) and grammatical (i.e. internal) propositions. When an agent aims to justify their action, they have several options at their disposal: (1) to give the actual cause which is always hypothetical (2) to report their actual reason, and(3) to give a possible reason which might have led to the action.
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S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Realism ? Relativism ? Constructivism. Papers of the 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium
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ISSN
1022-3398
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Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
183-185
Publisher name
Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
Place of publication
Kirchberg am Wechsel
Event location
Kirchberg am Wechsel
Event date
Jan 1, 2015
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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