Essays on Actions and Events
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Essays on Actions and Events is a landmark collection of philosophical papers by Donald Davidson that develops his influential theories on action, events, and the philosophy of mind and language.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Essays on Actions and Events canonical | 2 |
| Reply to Quine on Events | 1 |
| The Individuation of Events | 1 |
| “Actions, Reasons, and Causes” by Donald Davidson | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays on Actions and Events Context triple: [Donald Davidson, notableWork, Essays on Actions and Events]
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A.
On Brute Facts
"On Brute Facts" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that examines the nature of so-called brute facts and their role in understanding actions, institutions, and descriptions of reality.
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B.
The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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C.
Essays to Do Good
Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.
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D.
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener is a collection of essays in which Martin Gardner explores and defends his views on philosophy, religion, and rational inquiry with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays on Actions and Events Target entity description: Essays on Actions and Events is a landmark collection of philosophical papers by Donald Davidson that develops his influential theories on action, events, and the philosophy of mind and language.
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A.
On Brute Facts
"On Brute Facts" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that examines the nature of so-called brute facts and their role in understanding actions, institutions, and descriptions of reality.
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B.
The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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C.
Essays to Do Good
Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.
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D.
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener is a collection of essays in which Martin Gardner explores and defends his views on philosophy, religion, and rational inquiry with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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philosophical book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Donald Davidson ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition | second edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-19-924627-4 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Actions, Reasons, and Causes
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Agency ⓘ Agency Reconsidered ⓘ Actions, Reasons, and Causes ⓘ
surface form:
Causal Explanation of Action
Causal Relations ⓘ Events as Particulars ⓘ Freedom to Act ⓘ Hempel on Explaining Action ⓘ Intending ⓘ Intending and Doing ⓘ Mental Events ⓘ Mental Events ⓘ
surface form:
Mental Events Revisited
Psychology as Philosophy ⓘ Essays on Actions and Events self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Reply to Quine on Events
Essays on Actions and Events self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Individuation of Events
The Logical Form of Action Sentences ⓘ The Material Mind ⓘ |
| hasPrefaceBy | Donald Davidson ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary philosophy of action
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contemporary philosophy of language ⓘ contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
events
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philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
anomalous monism
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causal theory of action ⓘ event ontology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| subjectOf | academic commentary in philosophy journals ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
The Individuation of Events
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Reply to Quine on Events
subject surface form:
Mind
this entity surface form:
“Actions, Reasons, and Causes” by Donald Davidson