Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control / Edition 1

by Alfred R. Mele

Overview

"Mele provides us with a host of helpful examples, including ones from the psychological literature, on which to test theories and hone intuitions, provides clear and insightful discussion of the various theories advanced in the philosophical literature, and has interesting positive accounts of his own to offer".--"Philosophy and Phenomenological Research". (Philosophy)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195080018
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	07/28/1992
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.19(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Davidson College

Editorial Reviews

"A clear and careful analysis....Rigorously argumentative and will be appreciated not only by philosophers specially concerned with the problems of akratic action, but also by those with a general interest in intentionality and the philosophy of action."—Review of Metaphysics

"A fascinating seminal contribution....This is a strikingly useful work....Highly recommended for all philosophy and psychology collections."—Choice

"A useful book, clearly written and argued and felicitous in example....It is a first-rate survey of the various contemporary positions on the problems at hand and the weakness of each."—Ethics

"Mele provides us with a host of helpful examples, including ones from the psychological literature, on which to test theories and hone intuitions, provides clear and insightful discussions of the various theories advanced in the philosophical literature, and has interesting positive accounts of his own to offer....I recommend the book to any serious work on self-deception, and most particularly to teachers of advanced courses on the topic."—Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

"Clearly presented and readable."—The Philosophical Review

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