- Hardcover: 328 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press; First Edition edition (4 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199257361
- ISBN-13: 978-0199257362
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.6 x 2.2 cm
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... an attractive volume ... Combining all the references together at the end proved to be very helpful as did the fine index ... this volume represents an important contribution to action theory, philosophy of mind and moral psychology, and should be read by anyone who works in these areas. (Journal of Moral Philosophy )
...a valuable resource for anyone interested in the nature of rational action. (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews )
...a valuable resource for anyone interested in the nature of rational action. (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews )
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"...a valuable resource for anyone interested in the nature of rational action."
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In 'Skepticism about Weakness of Will' Gary Watson invites us to consider the distinction between recklessness, weakness, and compulsion. Read the first page
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Good variety, not for non-specialists
27 April 2005
Format:Hardcover
This book presents a good variety of the different view of the will and states of the will such as akrasia or accidie. However, if the reader has no previous experience with the subjects, they will find this a difficult read and will need to invest the time to read and reread the articles to even begin to understand them, or else they will likely come away with misconceptions.
That being said, I definitely recommend this book to the specialists in this field, but would advise against it for anyone not familiar with these theories from the start.
Also, Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet have edited this book so that each occurance of an unnamed person (used in examples) is referred to as "she". This odd trendy use is somewhat distracting, and if Stroud and Tappolet would find the use of "he" in its place equally distracting, a neutered form should have been used (i.e. "the agent", "they", etc.). To refer to a subject as "she" in one part of the essay and refer to another example subject as "the agent" in another section goes against the purpose of the word "agent", which is purposefully gender neutral (as well as species-neutral).
That being said, I definitely recommend this book to the specialists in this field, but would advise against it for anyone not familiar with these theories from the start.
Also, Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet have edited this book so that each occurance of an unnamed person (used in examples) is referred to as "she". This odd trendy use is somewhat distracting, and if Stroud and Tappolet would find the use of "he" in its place equally distracting, a neutered form should have been used (i.e. "the agent", "they", etc.). To refer to a subject as "she" in one part of the essay and refer to another example subject as "the agent" in another section goes against the purpose of the word "agent", which is purposefully gender neutral (as well as species-neutral).
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