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

by Alfred R. Mele

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195043219
• ISBN13: 9780195043211
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"