Three Faces Of Desire
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Three Faces Of Desire
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Author : Timothy Schroeder
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-08-12
Three Faces Of Desire written by Timothy Schroeder and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-12 with Philosophy categories.
To desire something is a condition familiar to everyone. It is uncontroversial that desiring has something to do with motivation, something to do with pleasure, and something to do with reward. Call these "the three faces of desire." The standard philosophical theory at present holds that the motivational face of desire presents its unique essence--to desire a state of affairs is to be disposed to act so as to bring it about. A familiar but less standard account holds the hedonic face of desire to reveal to true nature of desire. In this view, to desire something is to tend to pleasure if it seems that the desired state of affairs has been achieved, or displeasure if it seems otherwise, thus tying desire to feelings instead of actions. In Three Faces of Desire, Schroeder goes beyond actions and feelings to advance a novel and controversial theory of desire that puts the focus on desire's neglected face, reward. Informed by contemporary science as much as by the philosophical tradition, Three Faces of Desire discusses recent scientific discoveries that tell us much about the way that actions and feelings are produced in the brain. In particular, recent experiments reveal that a distinctive system is responsible for promoting action, on the one hand, and causing feelings of pleasure and displeasure, on the other. This system, the brain's reward system, is the causal origin of both action and feeling, and is the key to understanding the nature of desire.
Desire And Human Flourishing
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Author : Magdalena Bosch
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-07-23
Desire And Human Flourishing written by Magdalena Bosch and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-23 with Psychology categories.
This book discusses the concept of desire as a positive factor in human growth and flourishing. All human decision-making is preceded by some kind of desire, and we act upon desires by either rejecting or following them. It argues that our views on and expressions of desire in various facets of life and through time have differed according to how human beings are taught to desire. Therefore, the concept has tremendous potential to affect human beings positively and to enable personal growth. Though excellent research has been done on the concepts of flourishing, character education and positive psychology, no other work has linked the concept of desire to all of these topics. Featuring key references, explanations of central concepts, and significant practical applications of desire to various fields of human thought and action, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of positive psychology, positive education, moral philosophy, and virtue ethics.
A Human History Of Emotion How The Way We Feel Built The World We Know
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Author : Richard Firth-Godbehere
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2021-11-02
A Human History Of Emotion How The Way We Feel Built The World We Know written by Richard Firth-Godbehere and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Psychology categories.
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
Humean Nature
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Author : Neil Sinhababu
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Humean Nature written by Neil Sinhababu and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with Philosophy categories.
Neil Sinhababu defends the Humean Theory of Motivation, according to which desire drives all human action and practical reasoning. Desire motivates us to pursue its object, makes thoughts of its object pleasant or unpleasant, focuses attention on its object, and is amplified by vivid representations of its object. These aspects of desire explain a vast range of psychological phenomena - why motivation often accompanies moral belief, how intentions shape our planning, how we exercise willpower, what it is to be a human self, how we express our emotions in action, why we procrastinate, and what we daydream about. Some philosophers regard such phenomena as troublesome for the Humean Theory, but the properties of desire help Humeans provide simpler and better explanations of these phenomena than their opponents can. The success of the Humean Theory in explaining a wide range of folk-psychological and experimental data, including those that its opponents cite in counterexamples, suggest that it is true. And the Humean Theory has revolutionary consequences for ethics, suggesting that moral judgments are beliefs about what feelings like guilt, admiration, and hope accurately represent in objective reality.
Furnishing The Mind
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Author : Jesse J. Prinz
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2004-08-20
Furnishing The Mind written by Jesse J. Prinz and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-20 with Philosophy categories.
Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representations we use to think about the world. The traditional empiricist thesis that concepts are built up from sensory input has fallen out of favor. Mainstream cognitive science tends to echo the rationalist tradition, with its emphasis on innateness. In Furnishing the Mind, Jesse Prinz attempts to swing the pendulum back toward empiricism. Prinz provides a critical survey of leading theories of concepts, including imagism, definitionism, prototype theory, exemplar theory, the theory theory, and informational atomism. He sets forth a new defense of concept empiricism that draws on philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology and introduces a new version of concept empiricism called proxytype theory. He also provides accounts of abstract concepts, intentionality, narrow content, and concept combination. In an extended discussion of innateness, he covers Noam Chomsky's arguments for the innateness of grammar, developmental psychologists' arguments for innate cognitive domains, and Jerry Fodor's argument for radical concept nativism.
Sunday Under Three Heads And Other Sketches
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Author : Charles Dickens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Sunday Under Three Heads And Other Sketches written by Charles Dickens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Sunday categories.
The Philosopher S Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Philosopher S Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Philosophy categories.
Vols. for 1969- include a section of abstracts.
The Nature Of Desire
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Author : Julien A. Deonna
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Nature Of Desire written by Julien A. Deonna and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Philosophy categories.
Desires matter. What are desires? Many believe that desire is a motivational state: desiring is being disposed to act. This conception aligns with the functionalist approach to desire and the standard account of desire's role in explaining action. According to a second influential approach, however, desire is first and foremost an evaluation: desiring is representing something as good. After all, we seem to desire things under the guise of the good. Which understanding of desire is more accurate? Is the guise of the good even right to assume? Should we adopt an alternative picture that emphasizes desire's deontic nature? What do neuroscientific studies suggest? Essays in the first section of the volume are devoted to these questions, and to the puzzle of desire's essence. In the second part of the volume, essays investigate some implications that the various conceptions of desire have on a number of fundamental issues. For example, why are inconsistent desires problematic? What is desire's role in practical deliberation? How do we know what we want? This volume will contribute to the emergence of a fruitful debate on a neglected, albeit crucial, dimension of the mind.
Oxford Studies In Metaethics
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Author : Russ Shafer-Landau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Oxford Studies In Metaethics written by Russ Shafer-Landau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Ethics categories.
The Three Faces Of Mind
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Author : Elaine De Beauport
language : en
Publisher: Quest Books
Release Date : 1996
The Three Faces Of Mind written by Elaine De Beauport and has been published by Quest Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This study shows that the brain has at least ten intelligences, some emotional, and some behavioural. Using stories and simple exercises, it teaches how to access and orchestrate all ten intelligences, discovering new skills in the process.