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    Supports→The existence of normative reasons entails the existence of desire (Humean Theory of Reasons).

    If the existence of reasons entails the possibility of motivation, and the possibility of motivation entails the existence of desire, then the existence of reasons entails the existence of desire.

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    Modal logic(logic)
    A system of logic that deals with concepts like possibility, necessity, and what could or must be true.
    Motivation(what makes people choose to do things)
    The desires, goals, or reasons that drive someone to act in a particular way.
    desire(Plato's account of desire in the Meno and Symposium)

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    Logically forces or guarantees; if A entails B, then whenever A is true, B must also be true.
    possibility(Ortega's philosophical framework; refers to the range of options confronting the individual within his or her environment)
    That which possesses potential actuality from the viewpoint of the individual's circumstances.
    reasons(in philosophy of action)
    Factors or considerations that motivate or justify a choice or belief.

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    Williams claims that normative reasons have an ‘explanatory dimension’. On a standard reading what he means by this is that a consideration can be a normative reason for some agent only if it is possible (i.e. would under certain conditions be the case) that the agent be motivated to act for that reason, and for it thereby to be explanatory of his acting. This first premise of the classical argument is, of course, just a statement of some version of Counterfactual Motivation internalism. Here a

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