In that paper Davidson sets out to defend the view that the explanation of action by reference to reasons (something we do, for instance, when we refer to an agent's intentions or motives in acting) is also a form of causal explanation.
"You can't just say, 'I thought it was a kid throwing rocks at my car' and change your story to 'I thought I hit a deer,' " Ms. Griffin said, a reference to reasons that Ms. Nestande gave in the courtroom for leaving the scene.
Since rational explanation was held, in general, not to involve any such reference to laws, but rather required showing how the action fitted into some larger pattern of rational behaviour, explanation by reference to reasons was held to be distinct from and independent of explanation by reference to causes.
The spread of this planning mechanism is stressed, and seven relevant characterising aspects of TDR programs in Lombardy are highlighted (with reference to: reasons for TDR adoption, designation of sending and receiving areas, allocation rate, destiny of sending areas, mandatory nature of the transfer, market of development rights and role of the public authority).
However, the SEAR literature contains some references to reasons for, and incidents of, reductions in social disclosures.
It is precisely because the reason is causally related to the action that the action can be explained by reference to the reason.
This could indicate the abandonment of the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), about which both parties have been critical, but the reference to "good reason" suggests they are now hedging their bets.
In addition, the scrubber produces a log file with each character string that is removed from each file along with a reference to the reason that the string was removed (e.g. the type of the particular pattern match that led to the removal).
Much contemporary political science literature on law and the courts takes its inspiration from realism by seeking to explain decisions not by reference to legal reasons (which are assumed to be indeterminate) but by reference to facts about the politics, background, and ideology of judges.
