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p in the endeavor to make it happen that q entails that S does make it happen that p; so p obtains. Second, to say that S makes it happen that p in the endeavor to make it happen that q does not entail that q obtains. These principles are exemplified in our case: Smith does make it happen that the neural event occurs but, being paralyzed, his ...
Chisholm: "I believe, we must make somewhat far-reaching assumptions about the self or the agent - about the man who performs the act". Question: When is a person morally responsible for his or her actions? - Consider a case where man A shoots man B. - Chisholm: "If the man was responsible for what he did, then, I would urge, what was to happen ...
Taylor and Roderick Chisholm argue persuasively arbitrary to regard as causes only those events which. their effects. That the events we ordinarily call causes. their effects, they consider " merely a point of. by which they appear to mean that it is merely a fact. causal judgments we do ordinarily make. Their.
This is an irreducibly teleological concept. It introduces the notion of purpose, or aim. Chisholm makes use of this undefined expression: ‘S makes B happen in the endeavor to make A happen’. Suppose, for example, that a man dials a certain telephone number intending thereby to make a certain phone ring in Los Angeles.
Roderick M. Chisholm: Epistemology. Roderick M. Chisholm, a luminary of 20 th century philosophy, is best known for his contributions in epistemology and metaphysics. His groundbreaking theory of knowledge opened the door to the late 20 th and early 21 st century work on the analysis of knowledge, skepticism, foundationalism, internalism, the ethics of beliefs, and evidentialism, to name just ...
ACT AND INTENT *. W T WITH an analysis as sustained and ingenious as Chisholm's, it is difficult to see the wood for the trees, and tempting simply to stay inside the wood and explore its paths. But to do this might be to miss seeing the controversial assumptions in- volved, and arguing their merits. Chisholm draws attention to one such ...
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Chisholm's agent-causal theory. 20091 A dilemma about free willWe are familiar with arguments for the incompatibil. ty of determinism and free will. Chisholm adds an argument for the incompatibility of in. eterminism and free will (27-8).His argument is basically this: if an action is uncaused, then it is.
