Mindlessness / by Ezio Di Nucci.

Thinking is overrated: firefighters make the right calls without a clue as to why; and you are ill advised to look at your steps as you go down the stairs. Just do it, mindlessly. Both psychologists and the common man have long worked out that thinking is often a bad idea, but philosophers still han...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Di Nucci, Ezio (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Subjects:	Thought and thinking > Philosophy. Philosophy of mind. Thought and thinking. thinking. Philosophy. Psychology. PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology. SCIENCE > Cognitive Science. Thought and thinking Philosophy of mind Thought and thinking > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:

pt. I. Automaticity. Habits, priming, aliefs and the explanation of action
Automaticity in action
Actions and causes
pt. II. Action without intention. Intention and the simple view
Intention and rational constraints
Intention, double effect and the trolley problem
pt. III. Freedom in action. Freedom and non-causalist action theory
Priming and freedom
Conclusion.

Mindlessness / by Ezio Di Nucci.

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