Repression, Integrity and Practical Reasoning [electronic resource] /
Jaeger, G.author.
Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Oligarchic Soul; Repression: an introduction; 2 Normative Repression; Introduction; The possibility of practical irrationality; Freudian unconscious repression; A Freudian legacy; Normative repression; Repression and reasons for acting; Conclusion; 3 Repression and External Reasons; Introduction; The debate over external reasons; Repression and reasons to overcome it; Realism and relativity; Conclusion; 4 The Limits of Non-Relative Views; Introduction; Non-relative views; Non-relative externalism; Non-relative internalism; Conclusion
5 The Limits of Relative InternalismIntroduction; The limits of relative internalism; Sailing Neurath's boat: synchronic majoritarian coherence; Betting on a better boat: diachronic apportioned coherence; Conclusion; 6 Reasons, Rationality and Agency; Introduction; Reasons and agency; The long and downhill road to Damascus; Better boat building: diachronic agency; Odysseus, Russian aristocrats, and other diachronic agents; Conclusion; 7 Objections and Rejoinders; Introduction; Bootstrapping; Coherence as a formal requirement of reason; On brainwashing; Conclusion
8 Conclusion: The Scope of Relative ExternalismIntroduction; Incapacitation from within: addiction; Incapacitation from without: political oppression; A final word; Notes and References; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so.
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