The Lures of Akrasia

Philosophy 92 (2):167-181 (2017)
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Abstract

There is more akrasia than meets the eye: it can occur in speech and perception, cognitively and emotionally as well as between decision and action. The lures of akrasia are the same as those that are exercised in ordinary psychological and cognitive inferential contexts. But because it is over-determined and because it occurs in opaque intentional contexts, its attribution remains highly fallible.

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Amelie Rorty
PhD: Yale University; Last affiliation: Boston University

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