• In The Structure of Motivation: A Comparison of Frankfurt's and Reid's Conative Theories of Personhood I defend the theory of personhood advocated by Thomas Reid, who claimed that what is essential about being a person is the possession of "active powers." One may view Reid's theory of active powers as a species of agent causationism, but the account provides more than an appeal to the notion of an agent as a cause. His theory gives insight into the nature of deliberations that require such agen…Read more