Editing Agency and Intentionality (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Agency''' — The "Capacity" of an entity (an Agent) to "Act" in any given environment.
* '''Intentionality''' — The "About-ness" of the mind: the fact that our "Actions" are "Directed toward a goal."
* '''Action Theory''' — The branch of philosophy that explores the "Nature" of actions and the "Reasons" behind them.
* '''Intentional Action''' — An action done "With a specific purpose" in mind (e.g., 'I am drinking water because I am thirsty').
* '''Basic Action''' — An action you do "Directly" without doing anything else first (e.g., 'Moving your arm').
* '''Practical Reason''' — The "Process" of "Deciding what to do" (e.g., 'I want to be healthy, so I will eat an apple').
* '''Reasons-as-Causes''' (Davidson) — The influential idea that your "Reason" for acting (your desire + belief) is the "Physical Cause" of your body moving.
* '''The Wayward Causal Chain''' — A "Logic Problem": what if you "Intend" to do something, but it happens "By Accident" because you got "Nervous"? (Is it still an 'Action'?).
* '''Teleology''' — The explanation of phenomena by the "Purpose they serve" rather than by "Prior Causes."
* '''Agent Causation''' — The idea that "Agents" can "Start new chains of cause-and-effect" that weren't determined by the past.
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