Thomas Pink

The Psychology of Freedom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a new theory of the will and of our capacity for decision-making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780521555043
• ISBN-10: 0521555043
• Artikelnr.: 21631908

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Agency and the will
2. Scepticism about second-order agency
3. Decision-making and freedom
4. The psychologising conception of freedom
5. Decision rationality and action rationality
6. Decision-making and teleology
7. The regress argument
8. In defence of the action model
9. The special-purpose agency of the will
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.