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Humean Nature How desire explains action, thought, and feeling

Sinhababu Neil
Innbundet / 2017 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198783893
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
470 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
226

Forfatter
Sinhababu Neil

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Neil Sinhababu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His previous work defending the Humean Theory of Motivation has appeared in Philosophical Review and Noûs. He has also published on philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology, Nietzsche, and how to have romantic relationships with people in other possible worlds. He received his Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.A. from Harvard University.

Humean Nature How desire explains action, thought, and feeling

Sinhababu Neil
Innbundet / 2017 / Engelsk
Sinhababu Neil
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Neil Sinhababu's brilliant book is a thoroughgoing defense of the Humean Theory Motivation.... Humean Nature is written in a clear and personable style. Its ingenious arguments will prove invaluable for scholars and students andfor those simply seeking an overview of the current state of discussion in action theory.

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Humean Nature is a valuable contribution to the current literature on human motivation. ... its reading is suggested to all experts in the field, who will find here compelling arguments in defense of the Humean Theory of Motivation and thoughtful responses to its opponents. And it is likewise recommended to the novice reader, such as the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, which will find in this book a comprehensive discussion of the literature made accessible through a clear and mostly pleasant writing style.

Flavia Felletti, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Neil Sinhababu defends the Humean Theory of Motivation, according to which desire drives all human action and practical reasoning. Desire motivates us to pursue its object, makes thoughts of its object pleasant or unpleasant, focuses attention on its object, and is amplified by vivid representations of its object. These aspects of desire explain a vast range of psychological phenomena - why motivation often accompanies moral belief, how intentions shape our planning, how we exercise willpower, what it is to be a human self, how we express our emotions in action, why we procrastinate, and what we daydream about. Some philosophers regard such phenomena as troublesome for the Humean Theory, but the properties of desire help Humeans provide simpler and better explanations of these phenomena than their opponents can. The success of the Humean Theory in explaining a wide range of folk-psychological and experimental data, including those that its opponents cite in counterexamples, suggest that it is true. And the Humean Theory has revolutionary consequences for ethics, suggesting that moral judgments are beliefs about what feelings like guilt, admiration, and hope accurately represent in objective reality.
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Neil Sinhababu defends the Humean Theory of Motivation, according to which desire drives all human action and practical reasoning. This theory helps us to understand core aspects of human nature, such as intention, the will, moral belief, emotion, and the self; and it has revolutionary consequences for ethics.
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1: The return of the Humean Theory 2: Properties of desire 3: Desire and pleasure 4: Moral judgment 5: Desire and attention 6: Intention 7: Desire and vividness 8: Willpower 9: Reasons 10: Agency and the self 11: Metaethics for Humean beings
Les mer
Presents novel theories of desire, moral judgment, action, willpower, and the self Informed by the findings of psychology Written in a lively and accessible style
Neil Sinhababu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His previous work defending the Humean Theory of Motivation has appeared in Philosophical Review and Noûs. He has also published on philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology, Nietzsche, and how to have romantic relationships with people in other possible worlds. He received his Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.A. from Harvard University.
Les mer
Presents novel theories of desire, moral judgment, action, willpower, and the self Informed by the findings of psychology Written in a lively and accessible style

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Neil Sinhababu's brilliant book is a thoroughgoing defense of the Humean Theory Motivation.... Humean Nature is written in a clear and personable style. Its ingenious arguments will prove invaluable for scholars and students andfor those simply seeking an overview of the current state of discussion in action theory.

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Humean Nature is a valuable contribution to the current literature on human motivation. ... its reading is suggested to all experts in the field, who will find here compelling arguments in defense of the Humean Theory of Motivation and thoughtful responses to its opponents. And it is likewise recommended to the novice reader, such as the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, which will find in this book a comprehensive discussion of the literature made accessible through a clear and mostly pleasant writing style.

Flavia Felletti, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Neil Sinhababu defends the Humean Theory of Motivation, according to which desire drives all human action and practical reasoning. Desire motivates us to pursue its object, makes thoughts of its object pleasant or unpleasant, focuses attention on its object, and is amplified by vivid representations of its object. These aspects of desire explain a vast range of psychological phenomena - why motivation often accompanies moral belief, how intentions shape our planning, how we exercise willpower, what it is to be a human self, how we express our emotions in action, why we procrastinate, and what we daydream about. Some philosophers regard such phenomena as troublesome for the Humean Theory, but the properties of desire help Humeans provide simpler and better explanations of these phenomena than their opponents can. The success of the Humean Theory in explaining a wide range of folk-psychological and experimental data, including those that its opponents cite in counterexamples, suggest that it is true. And the Humean Theory has revolutionary consequences for ethics, suggesting that moral judgments are beliefs about what feelings like guilt, admiration, and hope accurately represent in objective reality.
Les mer
Neil Sinhababu defends the Humean Theory of Motivation, according to which desire drives all human action and practical reasoning. This theory helps us to understand core aspects of human nature, such as intention, the will, moral belief, emotion, and the self; and it has revolutionary consequences for ethics.
Les mer
1: The return of the Humean Theory 2: Properties of desire 3: Desire and pleasure 4: Moral judgment 5: Desire and attention 6: Intention 7: Desire and vividness 8: Willpower 9: Reasons 10: Agency and the self 11: Metaethics for Humean beings
Les mer
Presents novel theories of desire, moral judgment, action, willpower, and the self Informed by the findings of psychology Written in a lively and accessible style
Neil Sinhababu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His previous work defending the Humean Theory of Motivation has appeared in Philosophical Review and Noûs. He has also published on philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology, Nietzsche, and how to have romantic relationships with people in other possible worlds. He received his Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.A. from Harvard University.
Les mer
Presents novel theories of desire, moral judgment, action, willpower, and the self Informed by the findings of psychology Written in a lively and accessible style

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198783893
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
470 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
226

Forfatter
Sinhababu Neil

Biografisk notat

Neil Sinhababu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His previous work defending the Humean Theory of Motivation has appeared in Philosophical Review and Noûs. He has also published on philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology, Nietzsche, and how to have romantic relationships with people in other possible worlds. He received his Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.A. from Harvard University.

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