Desire as Belief: A Study of Desire, Motivation, and Rationality Alex Gregory

Desire as Belief: A Study of Desire, Motivation, and Rationality Alex Gregory – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198848172,9782020952668,019884817X,2020952661

Product details:
• ISBN 10:2020952661
• ISBN 13:9780198848172
• Author:Alex Gregory

A popular model of human action treats it as universally explicable by appeal to what we want. A related view evaluates our actions as rational or otherwise by appeal to what we want. However, these dominant views sit in tension with two other common sense ideas. First, that our normative beliefs — such as our beliefs about what we ought to do — sometimes explain our actions. Second, that those beliefs are crucial for determining whether our actions are rational. To try and resolve these tensions, this book defends ‘desire-as-belief’, the view that desires are just a special subset of our normative beliefs. This view entitles us to accept orthodox models of human motivation and rationality that explain those things with reference to desire, while also making room for our normative beliefs to play a role in those domains.
Table contents:

1:What is Desire-as-Belief?
2:Desire and Motivation
3:Normative Belief and Motivation
4:Desire and Rationality
5:Irrationality
6:The Guise of the Normative
7:Desire and Feeling
8:Uncertainty and Reasoning
9:Representing Reasons
10:Desires and Reasons
11:Conclusion

People also search:

desire and motivation

in a study by raineki cortes

basic desires

rational motivation

motivation and desire

theory of desire

theory of motivation arousal