Open AccessAgency Theory Reconsidered
Author(s) -
Thomas J. Donahue
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
auslegung a journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-6727
pISSN - 0733-4311
DOI - 10.17161/ajp.1808.9198
Subject(s) - metaphysics , causation , epistemology , agency (philosophy) , philosophy , sociology
In this article, we briefly outline and explain Roderick Chisholm's theory of agent causation, critically evaluate certain criticisms of it advanced by Harry Frankfurt, Clifford Williams and Irving Thalberg, and show that the theory can be improved by elaborating it in two ways, one of which is suggested by the work of Richard Taylor. Chisholm frames what he labels "the metaphysical problem of human freedom" as follows:
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