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Ideas for 'The Rationality of Science', 'Process Philosophy' and 'The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety)'

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

22098	Socrates neglects the gap between knowing what is good and doing good [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
	Full Idea: There is a fundamental weakness in Socrates, that he does not take into account the gap between knowing what is good and actually putting this into action.
	From: report of Søren Kierkegaard (The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety) [1844]) by Clare Carlisle - Kierkegaard: a guide for the perplexed 5
	A reaction: This rejects Socrates's intellectualism about weakness of will. It is perhaps a better criticism that Aristotle's view that desires sometimes overcome the will. It is also the problem of motivation in Kantian deontology. Or utilitarianism.

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

3871	Explaining an action is showing that it is rational [Newton-Smith]
	Full Idea: To explain an action as an action is to show that it is rational.
	From: W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], X.2)