In his critical philosophy Immanuel Kant appears to divide human actions
into different kinds by distinguishing between different determinations
of the will and different principles of the will. He uses the phrase "determinations
of the will" to refer to the efficient causes of our actions, and the
phrase "principles of the will" to refer to the formal causes of our actions.
He differentiates our actions by distinguishing between rational and empirical
determinations of the will and rational and empirical principles of the
will. His assumption is that reason or desire may be the source of our
actions, and that reason or experience may be the source of our principles.
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