Two Orders of Things: Wittgenstein on Reasons and Causes

Philosophy 92 (3): 369–97. 2017. doi:10.1017/S0031819117000055

Situating Wittgenstein in the causalism/anti-causalism debate in the philosophy of mind, this paper argues that Wittgenstein’s arguments differ from those of his immediate successors; that he anticipates current anti-psychologistic trends; and that he is perhaps closer to Davidson than historical dialectics suggest.

action theory, action explanation, analytic philosophy, reasons vs. causes, philosophy of language, 20th century

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