Breakdown of will
Ainslie argues that our responses to the threat of our own inconsistency determine the basic fabric of human culture. He suggests that individuals are more like populations of bargaining agents than like the hierarchical command structures envisaged by cognitive psychologists. The forces that create...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797964806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Dichotomy at the Root of Decision Science: Do We Make Choices By Desires or By Judgments?; 3 The Warp in How We Evaluate the Future; 4 The Warp Can Create Involuntary Behaviors: Pains, Hungers, Emotions; 5 The Elementary Interaction of Interests; 6 Sophisticated Bargaining among Internal Interests; 7 The Subjective Experience of Intertemporal Bargaining; 8 Getting Evidence about a Nonlinear Motivational System; 9 The Downside of Willpower; 10 An Efficient Will Undermines Appetite; 11 The Need to Maintain Appetite Eclipses the Will; 12 Conclusions
- NotesReferences; Name Index; Subject Index
