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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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Are moral standards relative to cultures and/or moral frameworks? Are there incompatible or non-comparable ways of thinking about the world that are somehow equally good? Is science getting closer to the truth? Is rationality--the notion of a good reason to believe something--relative to cultural norms? What are selves? Is there a coherent
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- linguistics and philosophy
- relativism
- moral standards
- science
- truth
- rationality
- cultural norms
- thomas kuhn
- karl popper
- gilbert harman
- judith thomson
- derek parfit
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This course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology, and neuroscience. Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addictio
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- linguistics and philosophy
- action
- motivation
- social psychology
- sociology
- belief
- desire
- moral motivation
- sympathy
- empathy
- intention
- will
- addiction
- resolution
- rationality
- identification
- autonomy
- egoism
- altruism
- intentions
- humean theory of motivation
- willing
- wanting
- waiting
- weakness
- akrasia
- self-control
- temptation
- self-regulation
- free will
- s
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