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Mindlessness /

Thinking is overrated: firefighters make the right calls without a clue as to why; and you are ill advised to look at your steps as you go down the stairs. Just do it, mindlessly. Both psychologists and the common man have long worked out that thinking is often a bad idea, but philosophers still han...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Di Nucci, Ezio (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Automaticity. Habits, priming, aliefs and the explanation of action
  • Automaticity in action
  • Actions and causes
  • pt. II. Action without intention. Intention and the simple view
  • Intention and rational constraints
  • Intention, double effect and the trolley problem
  • pt. III. Freedom in action. Freedom and non-causalist action theory
  • Priming and freedom
  • Conclusion.