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| dc.contributor.author | James, Christine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-26T17:05:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-26T17:05:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | James, C. (1998). Irrationality in philosophy and psychology: the moral implications of self-defeating behaviour. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 5(2), 224–234. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5848 | |
| dc.description | James, Christine (1998). Irrationality in philosophy and psychology: the moral implications of self-defeating behaviour. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 1 electronic record (PDF). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The philosophical study of irrationality can yield interesting insights into the human mind. One provocative issue is self-defeating behaviours, i.e. behaviours that result in failure to achieve one’s apparent goals and ambitions. In this paper I consider a self-defeating behaviour called choking under pressure, explain why it should be considered irrational, and how it is best understood with reference to skills. Then I describe how choking can be explained without appeal to a purely Freudian subconscious or ‘sub-agents’ view of mind. Finally, I will recommend an alternative way to understand self-defeating behaviour which comes from a synthesis of Peter Strawson’s explanation of ‘self-reactive attitudes’, Mark Johnston’s notion of ‘mental tropisms’, and revised Freudian descriptions of the causes of self-defeating behaviour. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Consciousness Studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Psychology, Consciousness Studies, Self Deception | en_US |
| dc.title | Irrationality in philosophy and psychology: the moral implications of self-defeating behaviour. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
