Knowing Better: An Account of Akrasia

according account of akrasia action action explanation agent akratic act appeal argued Aristotle Aristotle's attempts attribute avoid behaviour believes better causal cause certain characteristically claim clearly common compatible conclusion connections considerations context course Davidson desire difficulty discussion distinction evidence example explanation facie fact fail failure functional functional explanation further given goal Goldman hand important insist intentional intentional action interpretation intuitions judges kind knowledge laws least less logical matter means merely motivation move nature normal notion object occurrent open-eyed akrasia particular perform person philosophical plausible possible practical judgment practical reason prediction premise Press principle probabilistic probability problem proposed psychological rational reference respect says seems sense she/he simply skeptic Socratic sometimes sort strength suggest surely syllogism theoretical theory things considered thought true turn University want theorist Weakness