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Behavior qualifies as agency insofar as it exhibits the distinctive intelligibility of being a response to reasons. “I do what happens,” as Anscombe said (1963: 52), but only when what happens happens for some reason.
“Behavior qualifies as agency insofar as it exhibits the distinctive intelligibility of being a response to reasons. “I do what happens,” as Anscombe said (1963: 52), but only when what happens happens for some reason.”
― Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming
― Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming
“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.”
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“During their lessons, Lorimer often reminded his student that his remarkable talent with the scalpel would amount to nothing if the knife was not held by a loving hand guided by a truth-seeking eye. The study of nature is a barren enterprise if stones, plants, and animals become frozen under the magnifying glass, Lorimer said. A naturalist should look at the world with warm affection, if not ardent love.”
― In the Distance
― In the Distance
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