Ma`rifat Falsafi

essence of action is one of the most fundamental topics in the field of philosophy of action, which is not only in a higher order than other topics in this field; Rather, it also plays a significant role in explaining human actions and providing solutions and principles related to them. The central question in the current research is, what is the difference between action and events that just happen to us, or things that happen on our part, but are not recognized as action? What criterion can determine the boundary between action and other behaviors? In response to this question, several criteria have been proposed by different thinkers, none of which have been able to fully cover all aspects of human action. Our goal in this article, in addition to explaining the criteria for distinguishing action from other behaviors from the perspective of transcendental wisdom and clarifying the different angles of this view, will also be to review its strengths and weaknesses. Considering the diversity of human agency in various actions, it is possible to introduce the "existence of knowledge" as a criterion for distinguishing action from other behaviors, of course, with the stipulation that this science must be involved in issuing the action. Thus, this article tries to answer this fundamental challenge in the context of transcendental wisdom and open new horizons in understanding the nature of human action.