Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Donald Davidson, Aristotle and Gabriel M.A. Segal
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions
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Not all actions aim at some good; akratic actions, for example, do not [Burnyeat on Aristotle]
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We explain an intention by giving an account of acting with an intention [Davidson, by Stout,R]
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An intending is a judgement that the action is desirable [Davidson]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / b. Types of intention
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We can keep Davidson's account of intentions in action, by further explaining prior intentions [Davidson, by Stout,R]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions
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Davidson gave up reductive accounts of intention, and said it was a primitive [Davidson, by Wilson/Schpall]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
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Choice is not explained by the will, but by the operation of reason when it judges what is good [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / c. Agent causation
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An action is voluntary if the limb movements originate in the agent [Aristotle]
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Deliberation ends when the starting-point of an action is traced back to the dominant part of the self [Aristotle]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
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Aristotle seems not to explain why the better syllogism is overcome in akratic actions [Burnyeat on Aristotle]
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The akrates acts from desire not choice, and the enkrates acts from choice not desire [Aristotle]
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Virtue is right reason and feeling and action. Akrasia and enkrateia are lower levels of action. [Aristotle, by Cottingham]
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Akrasia merely neglects or misunderstands knowledge, rather than opposing it [Achtenberg on Aristotle]
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Some people explain akrasia by saying only opinion is present, not knowledge [Aristotle]
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A person may act against one part of his knowledge, if he knows both universal and particular [Aristotle]
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Aristotle sees akrasia as acting against what is chosen, not against reason [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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Akrasia is explained by past mental failures, not by a specific choice [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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Licentious people feel no regret, but weak-willed people are capable of repentance [Aristotle]
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A community can lack self-control [Aristotle]
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Akrasia is the clash of two feelings - goodness and pleasure [Aristotle]
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Self-controlled follow understanding, when it is opposed to desires [Aristotle]
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The causally strongest reason may not be the reason the actor judges to be best [Davidson]
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