The Causal Map and Moral Psychology

dc.citation.firstpage347en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber267en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Philosophical Quarterlyen_US
dc.citation.lastpage369en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber67en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchroeder, Timothyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-27T15:44:48Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-06-27T15:44:48Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractSome philosophers hold that the neuroscience of action is, in practice or in principle, incapable of touching debates in action theory and moral psychology. The role of desires in action, the existence of basic actions, and the like are topics that (they hold) must be sorted out by philosophers alone: at least at present, and perhaps by the very nature of the questions. This paper examines both philosophical and empirical arguments against the relevance of neuroscience to such questions and argues that neither succeeds. In practice, there is already a stable body of findings from neuroanatomy and neurophysiology that warrants attention. And as a matter of principle, the ‘causal map’ of action production derivable from these findings requires the study of action theorists and moral psychologists because every such philosopher has commitments (sometimes, deeply implicit) to the shape of this causal map: commitments that might be in conflict with reality.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchroeder, Timothy. "The Causal Map and Moral Psychology." <i>The Philosophical Quarterly,</i> 67, no. 267 (2017) Oxford University Press: 347-369. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqw048.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqw048en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/102305en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the author.en_US
dc.subject.keywordactionen_US
dc.subject.keywordneuroscienceen_US
dc.subject.keywordWittgensteinen_US
dc.subject.keywordDavidsonen_US
dc.subject.keywordfunctionalismen_US
dc.subject.keywordcausationen_US
dc.titleThe Causal Map and Moral Psychologyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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