Old foundations for the logic of agency and action

Studia Logica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-338

  Åqvist, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic action sentences vs. Causative ones; BEWIRKEN theory; Historical avoidability (of effects relative to causes); Historical necessitation (of effects by causes); Individual vs. Generic acts; Performance vs. Omission of acts; STIT theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 9444224261     PISSN: 00393215     EISSN: 15728730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021871106406     Document Type: Article

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