Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality.
Stroud, Sarah.
Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (328 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction: SARAH STROUD AND CHRISTINE TAPPOLET -- 1. Rational Capacities, or: How to Distinguish Recklessness, Weakness, and Compulsion -- 2. How is Strength of Will Possible? -- 3. Akrasia, Collective and Individual -- 4. Emotions and the Intelligibility of Akratic Action -- 5. Weakness of Will and Practical Judgement -- 6. Accidie, Evaluation, and Motivation -- 7. The Work of the Will -- 8. Choosing Rationally and Choosing Correctly -- 9. Prudence and the Temporal Structure of Practical Reasons -- 10. Practical Irrationality and the Structure of Decision Theory -- 11. Paradoxical Emotion: On Sui Generis Emotional Irrationality -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet present eleven original essays on weakness of will, a topic straddling the divide between moral philosophy and philosophy of mind, and the subject of much current attention. An international team of established scholars and younger talent provide perspectives on all the key issues in this fascinating debate; the book will be essential reading for anyone working in the area.
9780191531453
Will - Congresses.
Electronic books.
BJ1461
128.3
Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (328 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction: SARAH STROUD AND CHRISTINE TAPPOLET -- 1. Rational Capacities, or: How to Distinguish Recklessness, Weakness, and Compulsion -- 2. How is Strength of Will Possible? -- 3. Akrasia, Collective and Individual -- 4. Emotions and the Intelligibility of Akratic Action -- 5. Weakness of Will and Practical Judgement -- 6. Accidie, Evaluation, and Motivation -- 7. The Work of the Will -- 8. Choosing Rationally and Choosing Correctly -- 9. Prudence and the Temporal Structure of Practical Reasons -- 10. Practical Irrationality and the Structure of Decision Theory -- 11. Paradoxical Emotion: On Sui Generis Emotional Irrationality -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet present eleven original essays on weakness of will, a topic straddling the divide between moral philosophy and philosophy of mind, and the subject of much current attention. An international team of established scholars and younger talent provide perspectives on all the key issues in this fascinating debate; the book will be essential reading for anyone working in the area.
9780191531453
Will - Congresses.
Electronic books.
BJ1461
128.3