Feeling like it : a theory of inclination and will / Tamar Schapiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schapiro, Tamar, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Will--Philosophy.

Will.

Intentionality (Philosophy).

Desire (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 173 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Theory of inclination and will

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Feeling Like It' investigates the relationship between being inclined to do something and being moved to do it. Schapiro defends a Kant-inspired 'inner-animal' view, and argues that provides a better view of inclination and will than some familar theories.

Contents:

1 Framing the question

1.1 The moment of drama

1.2 Why focus on the moment of drama?

1.3 Inclination, emotion, and desire

1.4 Philosophical method

1.5 The concept of inclination

1.6 A look ahead

2 The Brute Force View

2.1 Augustine's metaphors

2.2 The Brute Force View as a ghost

2.3 Three conceptual constraints on a theory of inclination

2.4 A closer look at asymmetric pressure

2.5 A closer look at non-voluntariness

2.6 Conclusion

3 The Practical Thinking View

3.1 The Practical Thinking View

3.2 Motivational monism

3.3 Quinn's critique of functionalism

3.4 Scanlon's theory

3.5 Scanlon's account of non-voluntariness

3.6 The perceptual analogy

3.7 Conclusion

4 The Inner Animal View

4.1 Sketch of the Inner Animal View

4.2 Inspiration from Kant

4.3 Korsgaard on animal agency

4.4 Being necessitated and being affected

4.5 Initial worries: dualism and metaphor

4.6 Another worry: narrowly biological?

4.7 Satisfying an inclination

4.8 Conclusion

5 The high road

5.1 The Inner Animal View and Korgaard's Constitution Model

5.2 The Inner Animal View and non-voluntariness

5.3 The inner animal view and deliberative role

5.4 Conclusion

6 The low road

6.1 What makes weak-willed action weak?

6.2 Weakness, inclination, and self-love

6.3 How could inclination pressure the free will?

6.4 Dehumanizing yourself

6.5 Self-deception and rationalization

6.6 Social pressure

6.7 Conclusion.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-189544-X

0-19-260789-8

0-19-260790-1