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The aim of this chapter is to broaden our enquiry. Moving our bodies purposefully is but one expression of rational agency. As thinkers, deliberators, and decision-makers, we also exercise agency. What is the relationship between the agency that is exhibited in our intentional actions and the agency that is exhibited in our mental lives?
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O’Brien, L. (2015). From Mental to Motor Control. In: Philosophy of Action. Palgrave Philosophy Today. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137317483_5
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