Volition and Allied Causal Concepts
Publisher: Avi Sion
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CHAPTER 1.   BASIC CAUSAL RELATIONS ……………………………………………….. 1; title: 1.	Causation and volition-   1; title: 2.	Causality and modality-   4; title: 3.	Spontaneity-   5; title: 4.	Relative vs. absolute contingency-   7; title: CHAPTER 2.   INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VOLITION AND CAUSATION ……………... 9; title: 1.	Necessity and inertia in causation-   9; title: 2.	Direct and indirect volition-   11; title: 3.	Matter-mind and spirit-   13; title: 4.	Conceiving Divine volition-   14; title: 5.	The study of volition-   16; title: CHAPTER 3.   FURTHER ANALYSIS OF VOLITION ……………………………………... 18; title: 1.	Knowledge of volition-   18; title: 2.	Freedom of the will-   20; title: 3.	Decision and choice-   22; title: 4.	Goals and means-   23; title: CHAPTER 4.   CONSCIOUSNESS AND RESPONSIBILITY ………………………………. 26; title: 1.	The consciousness in volition-   26; title: 2.	The factors of responsibility-   28; title: 3.	Judging, and misjudging, people-   31; title: CHAPTER 5.   INFLUENCE AND FREEDOM ……………………………………………… 36; title: 1.	Influence occurs via consciousness-   36; title: 2.	Knowledge of effort, influence and freedom-   38; title: 3.	Formal analysis of influence-   39; title: 4.	Incitement-   41; title: CHAPTER 6.   FURTHER ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCE …………………………………… 45; title: 1.	Some features of influence-   45; title: 2.	Processes of influence-   48; title: 3.	Instincts in relation to freewill-   50; title: 4.	Liberation from unwanted influences-   51; title: 5.	Propositions about the future-   52; title: CHAPTER 7.   THE WORKINGS OF VOLITION …………………………………………… 53; title: 1.	Cultural context and epistemological considerations-   53; title: 2.	Theoretical context-   54; title: 3.	Stages in the process of volition-   59; title: 4.	The scope of freewill-   63; title: CHAPTER 8.   VOLITION AND THE SPECIAL SCIENCES ………………………………. 66; title: 1.	Volition and the laws of physics-   66; title: 2.	Volition and biology-   69; title: 3.	Therapeutic psychology-   72; title: CHAPTER 9.   WILL, VELLEITY AND WHIM ……………………….…………………..… 75; title: 1.	Cognition, volition and valuation-   75; title: 2.	Velleity-   79; title: 3.	Whim-   80; title: 4.	Inner divisions-   81; title: CHAPTER 10.   AFFECTIONS AND APPETITES ….………………………………………. 83; title: 1.	Valuation-   83; title: 2.	The main valuations-   84; title: 3.	Ethology-   88; title: CHAPTER 11.   COMPLICATIONS OF INFLUENCE ……………………………………… 93; title: 1.	Habits-   93; title: 2.	Obsessions and compulsions-   94; title: 3.	The ego abhors a vacuum-   98; title: CHAPTER 12.   URGES AND IMPULSES ………………………………………….…….... 102; title: 1.	Physical urges and impulses-   102; title: 2.	Mental urges and impulses-   107; title: 3.	Formal analysis of physical and mental urges-   109; title: 4.	Are there drives within the soul?-   111; title: 5.	Formal analysis of spiritual urges-   112; title: CHAPTER 13.   THE QUASI-PURPOSIVE IN NATURE …………………………………. 116; title: 1.	Purposiveness-   116; title: 2.	Organic functions-   116; title: 3.	The continuity of life-   119; title: CHAPTER 14.   CONCEPTS OF EVOLUTION ……………………………………………. 123; title: 1.	The logical form of evolution-   123; title: 2.	Evidence for evolution-   126; title: 3.	Random mutation-   128; title: 4.	Natural selection-   131; title: CHAPTER 15.   MORE ABOUT EVOLUTION …………………………………………..… 134; title: 1.	Social Darwinism-   134; title: 2.	Spiritual Darwinism-   137; title: 3.	Theological perspectives-   139; title: CHAPTER 16.   THE SELF ………………………………………………………………….. 143; title: 1.	Ungluing the mind-   143; title: 2.	Abstract vs. concrete self-   144; title: 3.	Sundry reflections on the soul and God-   150; title: CHAPTER 17.   SOME TOPICS IN DEONTOLOGY ...……………………………………. 156; title: 1.	Founding ethics-   156; title: 2.	Ethics concerns the living, thinking, willing-   159; title: 3.	Conscience and conformism-   161; title: 4.	Tai Chi, karma yoga and faith-   162; title: CHAPTER 18.   MORE TOPICS IN DEONTOLOGY ………………………...……………. 166; title: 1.	Inducing ethics-   166; title: 2.	Ethical formulas-   168; title: 3.	Philosophy of law-   171; title: APPENDIXES ………………………………………………………………………………... 175; title: 1.	Some formal logic guidelines-   175; title: 2.	Aristotle’s four causes	-   177; title: REFERENCES ………………..……………………………………………………………… 179