This course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology, and neuroscience.
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This course includes
Hours of videos
694 years, 4 months
Units & Quizzes
25
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Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addiction and compulsion; guilt, shame and regret; evil; self-knowledge and self-deception; and, virtues and character traits.
Course Currilcum
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- Egoism Unlimited
- Egoism: empirical and quasi-empirical issues Unlimited
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- Belief/desire psychology and the Humean theory of motivation Unlimited
- Bratman on intention Unlimited
- Velleman on intention Unlimited
- Strength of will: descriptive issues Unlimited
- Strength of will: normative issues Unlimited
- Free will I Unlimited
- Free will II Unlimited
- Free will VI: empirical work Unlimited
- Free will V: choice Unlimited
- Self-deception Unlimited
- Autism and sociopathy Unlimited
- Moral luck and the Knobe effect Unlimited