Taylor's Agency Theory
- A person causes her/his free actions.
- Free actions are not causally determined (by antecedent events).
- But free actions are caused (or "initiated," "originated," or
"performed") by agents. (P 363a)
- When a person does something for a reason, the reason does not cause
the action.
- Not every chain of causes and effects is infinite. (P 363a)
Richard Lee,
rlee@comp.uark.edu,
last modified: 20 April 1999