CONTENTS
Preface page ix
Introduction 1
I EXPLANATION AND MECHANISMS 7
1 Explanation 9
2 Mechanisms 32
3 Interpretation 52
II THE MIND 67
4 Motivations 75
5 Self-Interest and Altruism 95
6 Myopia and Foresight 111
7 Beliefs 124
8 Emotions 145
III ACTION 163
9 Desires and Opportunities 165
10 Persons and Situations 178
11 Rational Choice 191
12 Rationality and Behavior 214
13 Responding to Irrationality 232
14 Some Implications for Textual Interpretation 246
IV LESSONS FROM THE NATURAL
SCIENCES 257
15 Physiology and Neuroscience 261
16 Explanation by Consequences and Natural Selection 271
17 Selection and Human Behavior 287