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Introduction

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Lecture 02

Philosophical Issues in Behavioural Science

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challenge

Discover why people act,
individually and jointly.

As you remember, this course is based on a simple challenge.
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challenge

Discover why people act,
individually and jointly.

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challenge

Discover why people act,
individually and jointly.

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challenge

Discover why people act,
individually and jointly.

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challenge

Discover why people act,
individually and jointly.

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I will present the argument of the whole lecture in 90 seconds.

What distinguishes your actions
from things that merely happen to you?

Important because we need to say what we are studying (not just movement—lots of things move)

Standard Solution

Your actions are those events which stand in an appropriate relation to an intention of yours.

Objection: habitual processes dominate some actions ...

So why the lecture? Three aims: (1) you understand the theory; (2) you understand some of the evidence for it; (3) we get the objection set out clearly enough that you can raise and evaulate objections to it.

1. The dual-process theory of instrumental action is well supported by evidence.

2. ∴ The dual-process theory of instrumental action is true.

3. ∴ Actions are sometimes dominated by habitual processes.

4. ∴ Actions are sometimes independent of the agent’s intentions.

5. ∴ Not all actions stand in an appropriate relation to an intention.