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Addiction and self-control : perspectives from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience

By Levy , Neil

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780199369638, 0199369631, 9780199862597, 0199862591
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2494957 bytes)
Series
Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy
Pages
289\289
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

Addiction seems to involve a significant degree of loss of control over behaviour, yet it remains mysterious how such a loss of control occurs and how it can be compatible with the retention of agency. This collection, which arose out of a conference held at the University of Oxford, brings together philosophers, neuroscientists and psychologists with the aim of understanding this loss of control from a perspective informed by cutting-edge science and philosophical reflection. Read more... Abstract: This book brings cutting edge neuroscience and psychology into dialogue with philosophical reflection to illuminate the loss of control experienced by addicts, and thereby cast light on ordinary agency and the way in which it sometimes goes wrong. Read more...

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