Abstract
In 'THe Human Therory of Motivation' Micheal Smith attempts two takss: he offers an account of the debate about motivation between Humeans and anti-Humeans and he provides arguments that are designed to show that the Humeans win.1 While the paper is of great virtue in clarifying the debate, I believe that it falls short of both its goals. It does not highlight the really central issue between Humeans and anti-Humeans and it does not provide arguments which would settle that issue in favour of the Humean side.Smith makes three points in setting up the debate between Humeans and anti-Humeans.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 530-533 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Mind |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 384 |
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State | Published - Oct 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Philosophy