How (not) to think about mental action

Author: Andrei Buckareff

Source: Philosophical Explorations, Volume 8, Number 1, March 2005 , pp. 83-89(7)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

I examine Galen Strawson's recent work on mental action in his paper, 'Mental Ballistics or The Involuntariness of Spontaneity'. I argue that his account of mental action is too restrictive. I offer a means of testing tokens of mental activity types to determine if they are actional. The upshot is that a good deal more mental activity than Strawson admits is actional.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1386979042000328846

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philosophy University of Rochester Box 270078 Rochester NY 14627-0078 USA, Email: bkrf@mail.rochester.edu

Publication date: 2005-03-01