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Irrationality : an essay on akrasia, self-deception and self-control / Alfred R. Mele.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mele, Alfred R., 1951- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Irrationalism (Philosophy).
Act (Philosophy).
Akrasia.
Self-deception.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x,183p.)
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The author demonstrates that certain forms of irrationality - incontinent action and self-deception - which many philosophers have rejected as being logically or psychologically impossible, are indeed possible.
Notes:
Bibliography: p172-180. _ Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-773064-7
0-19-535987-9
1-4237-3560-9
OCLC:
1406783726

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