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    It is not the case that If motivating reasons were facts (or putative facts), then we can, and sometimes do, act for a good reason.

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    • 1.Motivating reasons are psychological states (beliefs, desires) that causally explain action, not facts in the world (Davidson, 1963).
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    • 2.A reason that causally produces action must be internal to the agent, so facts qua external states cannot play the motivating role.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Normative factivism about reasons conflates the reason for which one acts with the justificatory reason that evaluates the act (Dancy, 2000).
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    • 2.Acting under a false belief can still constitute acting for a motivating reason, so motivating reasons cannot require the obtaining of any fact.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.To act for a good reason, one must act for a reason that is or could be a fact.
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    • 2.If motivating reasons were facts and putative facts, then some of the reasons for which we act would be facts.
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