Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control eBook

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Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behavior is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality–most notably, incontinent action and self-deception–pose such difficult theoretical problems that philosophers have rejected them as logically or psychologically impossible. Here, Mele shows that, and how, incontinent action and self-deception are indeed possible. Drawing upon recent experimental work in the psychology of action and inference, he advances naturalized explanations of akratic action and self-deception while resolving the paradoxes around which the philosophical literature revolves. In addition, he defends an account of self-control, argues that “strict” akratic action is an insurmountable obstacle for traditional belief-desire models of action-explanation, and explains how a considerably modified model accommodates action of this sort.

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Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control is written by Alfred R. Mele and published by Oxford University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Irrationality are 9780195359879, 0195359879 and the print ISBNs are 9780195043211, 0195043219. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780195080018.