| MÁCHA, Jakub. Reason, Motive and Cause from a Wittgensteinian Perspective. In Kanzian, Christian; Mitterer, Josef; Neges, Katharina. Realism – Relativism – Constructivism. Papers of the 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, 2015. p. 183-185. ISSN 1022-3398. |
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@inproceedings{1309227,
author = {Mácha, Jakub},
address = {Kirchberg am Wechsel},
booktitle = {Realism – Relativism – Constructivism. Papers of the 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium},
editor = {Kanzian, Christian; Mitterer, Josef; Neges, Katharina},
keywords = {Ludwig Wittgenstein; intentionality; reason; cause; internal relations; external relations},
howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"},
language = {eng},
location = {Kirchberg am Wechsel},
pages = {183-185},
publisher = {Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society},
title = {Reason, Motive and Cause from a Wittgensteinian Perspective},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1309227
AU - Mácha, Jakub
PY - 2015
TI - Reason, Motive and Cause from a Wittgensteinian Perspective
PB - Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
CY - Kirchberg am Wechsel
KW - Ludwig Wittgenstein
KW - intentionality
KW - reason
KW - cause
KW - internal relations
KW - external relations
N2 - We can say of an intentional action that it has a reason or a motive; and in the same vein, such an action must have a cause. It is thus only a matter of terminology whether all species of intentionality can be restated in this way—as a relation between an action and its motive. I argue that the distinction between a reason and a cause is a special case of the distinction between internal and external relations. This distinction allows us to analyze a metaphysical haze which is produced by confusing empirical (i.e. external) and grammatical (i.e. internal) propositions. When an agent aims to justify their action, they have several options at their disposal: (1) to give the actual cause which is always hypothetical (2) to report their actual reason, and (3) to give a possible reason which might have led to the action.
ER -
MÁCHA, Jakub. Reason, Motive and Cause from a Wittgensteinian Perspective. In Kanzian, Christian; Mitterer, Josef; Neges, Katharina. \textit{Realism – Relativism – Constructivism. Papers of the 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium}. Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, 2015. p.~183-185. ISSN~1022-3398.
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