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Volition and the Will
In Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 97–107 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Will as Faculty, Capacity, or Power Will as an Attitude or Collection of Attitudes Will and Free Will Theory Volitional Disunity and Wholeheartedness References Further reading.Author's Profile
agency and causation volition and the will will as faculty, capacity, or power ‐ speaking of ‘the will,’ philosophers meaning roughly the capacity for choice sense of will as power or ability ‐ exercises of will are choices, or mental acts, which some call volitions or willings will as an attitude or collection of attitudes attitudinal sense of will will and free will theory volitional disunity and wholeheartedness coherence theory of authentic will and of self ‐ directed action, providing guidance for coping with problems of volitional paralysis
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