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Sitting on Ryle's dilemma

Weir, G.R.S. (1985) Sitting on Ryle's dilemma. Philosophical Studies, 47 (2). pp. 295-303. ISSN 0031-8116

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354153

Abstract

According to proponents of the volition theory of action it is volitions that make sense of the difference between voluntary and involuntary movements , and this founds the distinction between action and mere event.

Item type:	Article
ID code:	2789
Keywords:	ryle's dilemna, volition theory, Electronic computers. Computer science, Philosophy
Subjects:	Science > Mathematics > Electronic computers. Computer science
Department:	Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences
Depositing user:	Strathprints Administrator
Date deposited:	24 Mar 2007
Last modified:	03 Jan 2019 08:13
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/2789
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