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Why Animals Can't Act

机译:为什么动物不能行动

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Given the many marvelous things animals can do and moreover the success we have in employing the intentional stance towards animals, it seems to be almost unthinkable to say that animals could not act at all. Nonetheless, this is exactly what I argue for. I claim that strictly speaking there is no animal action, only behaviour. I defend this claim in three steps. Firstly, I recapitulate some of the weighty grounds that speak in favour of animal agency. Secondly, I explain why I still doubt that animals act. The argument is that the account of agency that I take to be the most attractive one entails that animals can't act. Since this account of agency is non-standard, I spend the bulk of the paper with providing a sketch of what, according to it, actions are. Finally, I explain why it is still so natural and promising to regard animals as agents, although in fact they aren't. As one might put it: of course they act, only strictly speaking they don't.
机译:鉴于动物可以做许多奇妙的事情,而且我们在对动物采取有意的立场方面取得了成功,因此说动物根本不能行动似乎是不可想象的。尽管如此,这正是我所主张的。我声称严格来说,没有动物行动,只有行为。我分三步为这项主张辩护。首先,我总结一些有利于动物代理的重要理由。其次,我解释了为什么我仍然怀疑动物的行为。这种论点是,我认为是最有吸引力的代理机构意味着动物不能行动。由于代理机构的说明是非标准的,因此我在本文的大部分内容中都提供了有关行动依据的草图。最后,我解释了为什么将动物视为媒介仍然如此自然而有希望,尽管实际上并非如此。就像一个人所说:他们当然会行动,严格来说,他们不会。

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  • 来源
    《Inquiry》 |2009年第3期|255-271|共17页
  • 作者

    RALF STOECKER;

  • 作者单位

    Department of Philosophy, University of Potsdam, Universitaetsstrasse 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);
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