Knowing Better: An Account of Akrasia

ISBN-13: 9780367476441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 248 str.

Eunice Belgum

Opis

Originally published in 1990, this book deals with the question of akrasia, weakness of will, or knowing better but doing worse. Versions of this principle are presupposed by Socrates and Plato, articulated as the ‘practical syllogism’ in Aristotle and play a central role in modern decision theory.

Spis treści

1. Is There a Problem About Akrasia? 2. Mistaking the Wanton for the Akrates 3. The Davidson Akrates 4. Teleological Explanation 5. The Aristotelian Akrates

O autorze

Eunice Belgum