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Carolina Araújo, « Payne A., The teleology of action in Plato’s Republic », Études platoniciennes, ID : 10.4000/etudesplatoniciennes.1905
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Andrew Payne’s key concept is the functional teleology of action. An agent carries out an action (or a series of actions) with one intentional end E. These actions have a characteristic activity or a function (ergon). While the actions are intended to obtain E, they also obtain F, the result of their function, which is an unintended end of the action. The agent is neither required to know, nor to have beliefs about, nor even to desire F, but F results from the agent’s beliefs and desires abou...