August Gorman
Biographic Data
| ID | 9267274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | August Gorman |
| GIVEN NAMES | August |
| FAMILY NAME | Gorman |
| SIGNATURE | GORMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9730-805X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What is the Difference between Weakness of Will and Compulsion
Orthodoxy holds that the difference between weakness of will and compulsion is a matter of the resistibility of an agent's effective motivation, which makes control-based views of agency especially well equipped to distinguish blameworthy weak-willed acts from non-blameworthy compulsive acts. I defend an alternative view that the difference between weakness and compulsion instead lies in the fact that agents would upon reflection give some conati…
Holism, Particularity, and the Vividness of Life
Depression’s Threat to Self-Governance
Much of the literature on impairment to self-governance focuses on cases in which a person either lacks the ability to protect herself from errant urges or cases in which a person lacks the capacity to initiate self-reflective agential processes. This has led to frameworks for thinking about self-governance designed with only the possibility of these sorts of impairments in mind. I challenge this orthodoxy using the case of melancholic depression…
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Depression’s Threat to Self-Governance
Much of the literature on impairment to self-governance focuses on cases in which a person either lacks the ability to protect herself from errant urges or cases in which a person lacks the capacity to initiate self-reflective agential processes. This has led to frameworks for thinking about self-governance designed with only the possibility of these sorts of impairments in mind. I challenge this orthodoxy using the case of melancholic depression…
Holism, Particularity, and the Vividness of Life
What is the Difference between Weakness of Will and Compulsion
Orthodoxy holds that the difference between weakness of will and compulsion is a matter of the resistibility of an agent's effective motivation, which makes control-based views of agency especially well equipped to distinguish blameworthy weak-willed acts from non-blameworthy compulsive acts. I defend an alternative view that the difference between weakness and compulsion instead lies in the fact that agents would upon reflection give some conati…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Orthodoxy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Corporate governance (1 works)