Humean replies to Regard for Reason

Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Sep 11:42:e166. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18002704.

Abstract

First, I argue that the Humean theory is compatible with the commonsense psychological explanations May invokes against it. Second, I explain why desire provides better-integrated explanations than the mental states May describes as sharing its effects. Third, I defend individuating processes by relata, which May rejects in arguing that anti-Humean views are as parsimonious as the Humean theory.