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Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality

Author : Sarah Stroud
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199257361
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality written by Sarah Stroud and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many practical failures that threaten us, weakness of will or akrasia is often considered to be a paradigm of irrationality. The eleven new essays in this collection, written by an excellent international team of philosophers, some well-established, some younger scholars, give a rich overview of the current debate over weakness of will and practical irrationality more generally.Issues covered include classical questions such as the distinction between weakness and compulsion, the connection between evaluative judgement and motivation, the role of emotions in akrasia, rational agency, and the existence of the will. The also include new topics, such as group akrasia, strength of will, the nature of correct choice, the structure of decision theory, the temporality of prudential reasons, and emotional rationality. Because these questions cut across philosophy of mind andethics, the collection will be essential reading for scholars, postgraduates, and upper-level undergraduates in both these fields.

Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality

Author : Sarah Stroud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality written by Sarah Stroud and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Philosophical Reader on Moral Weakness

Author : Kirk Fitzpatrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607970064
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Reader on Moral Weakness written by Kirk Fitzpatrick and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text functions as a collection of primary source materials for researches and students of moral weakness. It is tailor-made for upper-division courses on Moral Weakness, Praise and Blame, Action Explanation, and other such topics. It can function as the text for Ethics, Moral Issues, Moral Decision, and other such topics. It can also function as a text for an Introduction to Philosophy, when augmented with other texts. In some contexts the text can stand-alone, but it functions especially well when augmented by secondary sources. By strategically pairing secondary texts with the primary texts, a professor can focus on different epochs, or selections, as personal taste directs. (From internet site "Linus Publications")

Irrationality

Author : Alfred R. Mele
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195359879
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Irrationality written by Alfred R. Mele and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-09-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behavior is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality--most notably, incontinent action and self-deception--pose such difficult theoretical problems that philosophers have rejected them as logically or psychologically impossible. Here, Mele shows that, and how, incontinent action and self-deception are indeed possible. Drawing upon recent experimental work in the psychology of action and inference, he advances naturalized explanations of akratic action and self-deception while resolving the paradoxes around which the philosophical literature revolves. In addition, he defends an account of self-control, argues that "strict" akratic action is an insurmountable obstacle for traditional belief-desire models of action-explanation, and explains how a considerably modified model accommodates action of this sort.

The Weakness of the Will

Author : Justin Gosling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134966814
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Weakness of the Will written by Justin Gosling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In Praise of Desire

Author : Nomy Arpaly
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199348162
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Desire written by Nomy Arpaly and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'In Praise of Desire' aims to show that ordinary desires belong at the heart of moral psychology, basing its thesis on a doctrine called Spare Conativism. It gives a full defence of the central role intrinsic desires have in our moral lives".

Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good

Author : Sergio Tenenbaum
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195382447
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good written by Sergio Tenenbaum and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Guise of the Good" thesis - the view that desire, intention, or action) always aims at the good - has received renewed attention in the last twenty years. The book brings together work on various issues related to this thesis both from contemporary and historical perspectives.

Addiction and Weakness of Will

Author : Lubomira Radoilska
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191006556
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Addiction and Weakness of Will written by Lubomira Radoilska and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way in which society views addiction underlies how it treats, understands, blames, or even punishes those with addictive behaviours. This thought-provoking new book presents an original philosophical analysis bringing together addiction and weakness of will. Within the book, the author develops an integrated account of these two phenomena, rooted in a classical conception of akrasia as valuing without intending and at the same time intending without valuing. This fascinating and suggestive account addresses a number of paradoxes faced by current thinking about addiction and weakness of will, in particular the significance of control and intention for responsible action. Addiction and Weakness of Will makes an original contribution to central issues in moral psychology and philosophy of action, including the relationship between responsibility and intentional agency, and the nature and scope of moral appraisal. The book is valuable for philosophers, ethicists and psychiatrists with an interest in philosophy.

Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought

Author : Risto Saarinen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199606811
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought written by Risto Saarinen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of why people act against their better judgment has always been prominent in philosophy. Risto Saarinen presents the first study of ideas about weakness of the will between 1350 and 1650. He shows how the understanding of human conduct and free will changed in this formative period between medieval times and modernity.

Weakness of Will and Delay Discounting

Author : Nora Heinzelmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192865951
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Weakness of Will and Delay Discounting written by Nora Heinzelmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking one's dieting rule or resolution to quit smoking, procrastination, convenient lies, even the failure of entire nations to follow through with plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions or keep a pandemic in check - these phenomena have been discussed by philosophers and behavioural scientists as examples of weakness of will and delay discounting. Despite the common subject matter both fields have to date rarely worked together for mutual benefit. For the empirical literature is hardly accessible to a reader not familiar with econometric theory; and researchers in the behavioural sciences may find philosophical accounts invoking discounting models difficult to understand without inside knowledge of the debates and historical background. Nora Heinzelmann targets this lacuna by making the ideas and findings from both disciplines intelligible to outsiders. This reveals that discounting - as philosophers have conceived of it - is neither necessary nor sufficient for weakness of will, even though there is substantial overlap. Heinzelmann develops a richer descriptive account of weakness of will that is based on the empirically founded assumption that weak-willed behaviour is determined by uncertainty about whether or when a good materialises. She also explains why weakness of the will understood in this way is irrational: the agent yields to a cognitive bias that leads them to underestimate the greater good they think they ought to and can obtain. Finally, she explores practical implications for individuals and policymakers.

The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason

Author : Ruth Chang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100033712X
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason written by Ruth Chang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last several decades, questions about practical reason have come to occupy the center stage in ethics and metaethics. The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is an outstanding reference source to this exciting and distinctive subject area and is the first volume of its kind. Comprising thirty-six chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field and is divided into five parts: Foundational Matters Practical Reason in the History of Philosophy Philosophy of Practical Reason as Action Theory and Moral Psychology Philosophy of Practical Reason as Theory of Practical Normativity The Philosophy of Practical Reason as the Theory of Practical Rationality The Handbook also includes two chapters by the late Derek Parfit, ‘Objectivism about Reasons’ and ‘Normative Non-Naturalism.’ The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is essential reading for philosophy students and researchers in metaethics, philosophy of action, action theory, ethics, and the history of philosophy.

The Mental Mechanisms of Patient Adherence to Long-Term Therapies

Author : Gérard Reach
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319122657
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Mental Mechanisms of Patient Adherence to Long-Term Therapies written by Gérard Reach and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we accept that we ought to stop smoking, follow a diet, exercise, or take medications? The goal of this book is to describe the mechanisms of patients’ adherence to long-term therapies, whose improvement, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), would be more beneficial than any biomedical progress. For example, approximately half of the patients do not regularly follow medical prescriptions, resulting in deleterious effects on people’s health and a strong impact on health expenditure. This book describes how our beliefs, desires, and emotions intervene in our choices concerning our health, by referring to concepts developed within the framework of the philosophy of mind. In particular, it tries to explain how we can choose between an immediate pleasure and a remote reward—preserving our health and our life. We postulate that such an “intertemporal” choice can be directed by a “principle of foresight” which leads us to give priority to the future. Just like patients’ non-adherence to prescribed medications, doctors often don’t always do what they should: They are non-adherent to good practice guidelines. We propose that what was recently de-scribed as “clinical inertia” could also represent a case of myopia: From time to time doctors fail to consider the long-term interests of their patient. Both patients’ non-adherence and doctors’ clinical inertia represent major barriers to the efficiency of care. However, it is also necessary to respect patients’ autonomy. The analysis of relationship between mind and care which is provided in this book sheds new light on the nature of the therapeutic alliance between doctor and patient, solving the dilemma between the ethical principles of beneficence and autonomy.

Problems of Rationality

Author : Donald Davidson
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191519235
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Problems of Rationality written by Donald Davidson and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems of Rationality is the eagerly awaited fourth volume of Donald Davidson's philosophical writings. From the 1960s until his death in August 2003 Davidson was perhaps the most influential figure in English-language philosophy, and his work has had a profound effect upon the discipline. His unified theory of the interpretation of thought, meaning, and action holds that rationality is a necessary condition for both mind and interpretation. Davidson here develops this theory to illuminate value judgements and how we understand them; to investigate what the conditions are for attributing mental states to an object or creature; and to grapple with the problems presented by thoughts and actions which seem to be irrational. Anyone working on knowledge, mind, and language will find these essays essential reading.

Kantian Ethics and Economics

Author : Mark White
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804768943
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Kantian Ethics and Economics written by Mark White and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant—particularly the concepts of autonomy, dignity, and character—into economic theory, enriching models of individual choice and policymaking, while contributing to our understanding of how the economic individual fits into society.

The Routledge Companion to Free Will

Author : Kevin Timpe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317635469
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Free Will written by Kevin Timpe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions concerning free will are intertwined with issues in almost every area of philosophy, from metaphysics to philosophy of mind to moral philosophy, and are also informed by work in different areas of science (principally physics, neuroscience and social psychology). Free will is also a perennial concern of serious thinkers in theology and in non-western traditions. Because free will can be approached from so many different perspectives and has implications for so many debates, a comprehensive survey needs to encompass an enormous range of approaches. This book is the first to draw together leading experts on every aspect of free will, from those who are central to the current philosophical debates, to non-western perspectives, to scientific contributions and to those who know the rich history of the subject. Chapter 37 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

This is Ancient Philosophy

Author : Kirk Fitzpatrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111987940X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book This is Ancient Philosophy written by Kirk Fitzpatrick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A readable and engaging overview of all three periods in ancient philosophy This is Ancient Philosophy is an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the major philosophers and foundational concepts of classical antiquity. A readable and engaging overview of all three periods in ancient philosophy, from the early (Presocratic) Greeks, to the Golden Age of philosophy, and the Hellenistic period, This is Ancient Philosophy discusses key questions and issues that are relevant to the present day. Assuming no prior knowledge in the subject, This Is Ancient Philosophy uses an intuitive, easy-to-understand narrative style as it examines the ideas, influences, and interconnections of philosophers such as Socrates, the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as philosophical schools of thought including Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism. Divided into three parts, the book opens with an overview of early Greek philosophy, describing the turn from mythological thinking to philosophical analysis. The second part focuses on the distinctions between the subjects of philosophy in both the Golden Age and today, followed by a survey of the Hellenistic period and a discussion of the relation between fate and freedom of action. Presents a unique combined approach to ancient philosophy, offering both chapters on authors and chapters on themes Helps readers gain an understanding of the origins, development, and influence of ancient philosophy Features a wealth of instructive and engaging charts, grids, and figures throughout Includes a detailed map illustrating the chronological development of philosophy, from Asia Minor to southern Italy and Athens Part of the popular This Is Philosophy series, This Is Ancient Philosophy is an excellent text for students of philosophy, both introductory and advanced, and general readers with interest in the philosophy of the classical era.

The Thief of Time

Author : Chrisoula Andreou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199826643
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Thief of Time written by Chrisoula Andreou and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we fail to achieve our goals, procrastination is often the culprit. But how exactly is procrastination to be understood? It has been described as imprudent, irrational, inconsistent, and even immoral, but there has been no sustained philosophical debate concerning the topic. This edited volume starts in on the task of integrating the problem of procrastination into philosophical inquiry. The focus is on exploring procrastination in relation to agency, rationality, and ethics-topics that philosophy is well-suited to address. Theoretically and empirically informed analyses are developed and applied with the aim of shedding light on a vexing practical problem that generates a great deal of frustration, regret, and harm. Some of the key questions that are addressed include the following: How can we analyze procrastination in a way that does justice to both its voluntary and its self-defeating dimensions? What kind of practical failing is procrastination? Is it a form of weakness of will? Is it the product of fragmented agency? Is it a vice? Given the nature of procrastination, what are the most promising coping strategies?