Addiction and self-control perspectives from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience
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...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2014, 2014
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| Series: | Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy / Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780199369638 |