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. 2018 Jan:41:e63.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1700084X.

"Defeaters" don't matter

Zina B Ward  1 , Edouard Machery  2
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"Defeaters" don't matter

Zina B Ward et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

We argue that the exercise of agency is compatible with the presence of what Doris calls "defeaters." In order to undermine reflectivist theories of agency and support his valuational alternative, Doris must not simply show that defeaters exist but rather establish that some agentive behaviors do express a person's values without involving reflection.

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