Olav Gjelsvik
Biographic Data
| ID | 5995921 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olav Gjelsvik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olav |
| FAMILY NAME | Gjelsvik |
| SIGNATURE | GJELSVIK O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On enthusiasm in history and elsewhere (enthusiastic comments on Elster)
This paper engages in a discussion about a select few of the crucial questions raised by Jon Elster's paper on Enthusiasm and Anger in History. It focusses on enthusiasm and engages in particular with Elster's questions and arguments about whether enthusiasm is an emotion or not. In doing so, I am led to ask some general questions about current theories of emotions in the discipline of psychology and their relationship to common sense psychologic…
Facing Facts and Motivations
Experience
Raino Malnes
Addiction, Weakness of the Will, and Relapse
Addiction is a puzzle. In some cases, at least, it seems to be a form of voluntary, self-destructive behavior. It may then plausibly be taken as an instance of weakness of will, in the sense (roughly) of acting against one's better judgment. Many addicts want to quit but don't. Many smokers, for instance, believe it would be better, all things considered, if they stopped smoking, but they still continue. In this chapter, I discuss how addiction c…
Dretske on knowledge and content
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Dretske on knowledge and content
Addiction, Weakness of the Will, and Relapse
Addiction is a puzzle. In some cases, at least, it seems to be a form of voluntary, self-destructive behavior. It may then plausibly be taken as an instance of weakness of will, in the sense (roughly) of acting against one's better judgment. Many addicts want to quit but don't. Many smokers, for instance, believe it would be better, all things considered, if they stopped smoking, but they still continue. In this chapter, I discuss how addiction c…
Raino Malnes
Experience
Facing Facts and Motivations
On enthusiasm in history and elsewhere (enthusiastic comments on Elster)
This paper engages in a discussion about a select few of the crucial questions raised by Jon Elster's paper on Enthusiasm and Anger in History. It focusses on enthusiasm and engages in particular with Elster's questions and arguments about whether enthusiasm is an emotion or not. In doing so, I am led to ask some general questions about current theories of emotions in the discipline of psychology and their relationship to common sense psychologic…
Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 work) · Addiction (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Content (measure theory) (1 work)