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| Purposes - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| Purposes: A purpose is that for which something is done. The purpose is not the cause of an action. A person acting must be aware of the purpose of her or his action. See also Goals, Actions, Action theory, Intentions, Rationality, Causes._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
| Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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| Ancient Philosophy | Purposes | Ancient Philosophy | |
| Aristotle | Purposes | Aristotle | |
| Deacon, Terrence W. | Purposes | Deacon, Terrence W. | |
| Dilthey, Wilhelm | Purposes | Dilthey, Wilhelm | |
| Droysen, Johann Gustav | Purposes | Droysen, Johann Gustav | |
| Gould, Stephen Jay | Purposes | Gould, Stephen Jay | |
| Kant, Immanuel | Purposes | Kant, Immanuel | |
| Minsky, Marvin | Purposes | Minsky, Marvin | |
| Papineau, David | Purposes | Papineau, David | |
| Pinker, Steven | Purposes | Pinker, Steven | |
| Political Philosophy | Purposes | Political Philosophy | |
| Wolfram, Stephen | Purposes | Wolfram, Stephen | |
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