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Will as commitment and resolve : an existential account of creativity, love, virtue, and happiness /
In contemporary philosophy, the will is often regarded as a sheer philosophical fiction. In Will as Commitment and Resolve, Davenport argues not only that the will is the central power of human agency that makes decisions and forms intentions but also that it includes the capacity to generate new mo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In contemporary philosophy, the will is often regarded as a sheer philosophical fiction. In Will as Commitment and Resolve, Davenport argues not only that the will is the central power of human agency that makes decisions and forms intentions but also that it includes the capacity to generate new motivation different in structure from prepurposive desires. The concept of "projective motivation" is the central innovation in Davenport's existential account of the everyday notion of striving will. Beginning with the contrast between "eastern" and "western" attitudes. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 706 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-689) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823235896 0823235890 9780823246861 0823246868 1282698672 9781282698673 9780823238804 0823238806 9786612698675 6612698675 0823225720 9780823225729 |