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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Di Nucci, Ezio (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Subjects:
Thought and thinking > Philosophy.
Philosophy of mind.
Thought and thinking.
Automatism > psychology
Thinking
Theory of Mind
Pensée > Philosophie.
Philosophie de l'esprit.
Pensée.
thinking.
Philosophy.
Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Thought and thinking
Philosophy of mind
Thought and thinking > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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