id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_4j4t7b5ldjhjzgsbigscg47x6u Joseph Margolis Objectivism and Interactionism 1966 6 .pdf application/pdf 3936 228 59 Melden, it is true, holds that to treat a motive as a cause is as causes and views causal theories of motivation as confused ([8], Ch. II). not to deny) that causal explanations are relevant to understanding human actions; may be provided, causal explanations of an action may not be adequate in the sense, primarily concerned to insist on the impossibility of eliminating motivational, noncausal talk in the description and explanation of human actions. actions is compatible with the logical difference between causal and motivational talk. 2. Mental and physical states and events may interact causally. characteristically insist that explanations of human actions cannot be given in causal that they concede that motives may be causes, linguistic analysts provide for interactionism. The objectivist concedes also that explanation by motive and by cause to the criteria alone will not bear on the causal question regarding mental states. ./cache/work_4j4t7b5ldjhjzgsbigscg47x6u.pdf ./txt/work_4j4t7b5ldjhjzgsbigscg47x6u.txt