The Implicit Mind
Cognitive Architecture, the Self, and Ethics
Heroes are often admired for their ability to act without having one thought too many, as Bernard Williams put it. Likewise, the unhesitating decisions of masterful athletes and artists are part of their fascination. Examples like these make clear that spontaneity can represent an ideal. However, recent literature in empirical psychology has shown how vulnerable our spontaneous inclinations can be to bias, shortsightedness, and irrationality. How can we make sense of these different roles that spontaneity plays in our lives?The central contention of this book is that understanding these two faces of spontaneity-its virtues and its vices-requ…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-063374-5
- EAN: 9780190633745
- Produktnummer: 26925381
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'823 KB
Über den Autor
Michael Brownstein is Associate Professor (as of 2018) of Philosophy at John Jay College/CUNY.
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