Table of Contents

Introduction
1: The Cambridge Theory of Action
2: Some Preliminaries
3: Theories of Action and an Introduction to the Causal Theory of Action
4: The Causal Theory of Action
5: More Theories
6: A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation
Appendix on the Epistemology of Action

Reviews

... written in a refreshingly open, witty and engaging style. Times Literary Supplement by any measure a highly valuable contribution to the theory of action and action explanation. Because of its novel standpoint on many issues and its subtle and sustained critique of much current wisdom, its readers will find this book both inspiring and challenging. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews