TY - BOOK ID - 77895822 TI - Springs of action : understanding intentional behavior PY - 2023 SN - 1280533471 0195344979 0585366993 9780585366999 019507114X 9780195071146 0197731724 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Act (Philosophy) KW - Intentionality (Philosophy) KW - Intentionalism. KW - Act psychology KW - Action psychology KW - Psychology KW - Mind and body KW - Philosophy KW - Action (Philosophy) KW - Agent (Philosophy) KW - Intentionalism KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Intentionality (Philosophy). UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77895822 AB - Tackling some central problems in the philosophy of action, Mele constructs an explanatory model for intentional behavior, locating the place and significance of such mental phenomena as beliefs, desires, reason, and intentions in the etiology of intentional action. Part One comprises a comprehensive examination of the standard treatments of the relations between desires, beliefs, and actions. In Part Two, Mele goes on to develop a subtle and well-defended view that the motivational role of intentions is of a different sort from that of beliefs and desires. Mele, also offers a provocative expl ER -