The Bounds of Freedom: Kant's Causal Theory of Action

This monograph is a new interpretation of Kant’s àtemporal conception of the causality of the freedom of the will. The interpretation is based on an analysis of Kant’s primary conception of an action, viz., as a causal consequence of the will. The analysis in turn is based on H. P. Grice’s causal theory of perception and on P. F. Strawson’s modification of the theory.

The monograph rejects the customary assumption that Kant’s maxim of an action is a causal determination of the action. It as...