Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 254 g
An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 254 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-508001-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behaviour is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality–most incontinent action and self-deception–pose such difficult problems that philosophers have rejected them as logically or psychologically impossible. Here, Alfred Mele shows that incontinent action and self-deception are indeed possible.