Richard Holton provides a unified account of intention, choice, weakness of will, strength of will, temptation, addiction, and freedom of the will. Drawing on recent psychological r...
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Number of Pages: 184
ISBN: 0199214573
ISBN-13: 9780199214570
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Phil Treagus-Evans @philtreagus
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Feb 4, 2018
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Holton reconfigures the traditional debate about akrasia, or ‘weakness of will’. In his view, previous work on this topic has run together two distinct notions that raise very different issues —acting against your better judgement, versus failing to stick to your resolutions. With the help of a wide range of relevant empirical studies, Holton uses his analysis to cast new light on topics such as will-power, temptation, addiction and free will.