... of a person's interests. Perhaps such a statement of mental representation could be provided in expressing terms and perhaps such a statement of a person's interests could be provided in terms of a process of change. I shall give my reasons for saying this shortly. Before coming to these reasons, though - which are, of course, I need to say something about the experience of a reason for action. Only at the very end of the paper shall I say something about the connection between reasons for belief and reasons for action. What is an action? What is a reason to act? And what is it to act for a certain reason? An action is something done by a person, such as opening a door, raising an arm, uttering a sentence, or imagining a situation. Some actions, such as imagining, are mental actions. Others, such as raising an arm, are physical ...

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