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Identification and externality
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One of the central and most difficult problems in the theory of action is often formulated in some such way as the following. What account is to be given of the difference between the sort of thing that goes on when a person raises his arm (say, to give a signal) and the sort of thing that happens when a person's arm rises (say, because of a muscular spasm) without his raising it? The question invokes a contrast between events that are actions, in which the higher faculties of human beings come into play, and those movements of a person's body – instances of behavior other than actions, or mere bodily happenings – that he does not himself make. This contrast can evidently be generalized. It is a special case of the contrast between activity and passivity, which is considerably wider in scope.
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Frankfurt, H. G. (1988). Identification and externality. Cambridge University Press eBooks, 58–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818172.006
Frankfurt, Harry G. “Identification and externality.” Cambridge University Press eBooks, 1988, pp. 58–68, https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818172.006.
Frankfurt, Harry G. 1988. “Identification and externality.” Cambridge University Press eBooks: 58–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818172.006.
Frankfurt, H.G. (1988) ‘Identification and externality’, Cambridge University Press eBooks, pp. 58–68. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818172.006.
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