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<p><p>although Much Human Action Serves As Proof That Irrational Behavior Is Remarkably Common, Certain Forms Of Irrationality&#151;most Notably, Incontinent Action And Self-deception&#151;pose Such Difficult Theoretical Problems That Philosophers Have Rejected Them As Logically Or Psychologically Impossible. Here, Mele Shows That, And <b>how</b>, Incontinent Action And Self-deception Are Indeed Possible. Drawing Upon Recent Experimental Work In The Psychology Of Action And Inference, He Advances Naturalized Explanations Of Akratic Action And Self-deception While Resolving The Paradoxes Around Which The Philosophical Literature Revolves. In Addition, He Defends An Account Of Self-control, Argues That Strict Akratic Action Is An Insurmountable Obstacle For Traditional Belief-desire Models Of Action-explanation, And Explains How A Considerably Modified Model Accommodates Action Of This Sort.</p>

Author

Alfred R. Mele

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280526602

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities