Akrasia - Wikipedia The concept of akrasia raises philosophical questions regarding the connection between reason, desire, and action by challenging the intuitive assumption that rational judgment governs an agent's behavior
Framing the tendency to betray ones good intentions. Akrasia as a . . . Drawing on key ideas from Dialogical Self Theory, we analyze the main dialogical dynamics that can generate akratic episodes with reference to how individuals organize their personal position repertoire, and to the relational and socio-cultural setting in which the actions are taken
akrasia - Wiktionary, the free dictionary The paradigm case of akrasia is the person who seems to know that a certain type of food is healthy but is none the less led by desire to eat a more pleasurable food instead
Akrasia Effect: Why don’t we do what we propose ourselves? Why does akrasia occur? Although from a logical and philosophical point of view akrasia does not make much sense, the truth is that our decisions and behaviors are not always rational
Making sense of akrasia - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Drawing on resources from phenomenology, the cognitive sciences, analytic action theory, and recent “hybrid models” of skilled action, I argue that one route beyond this theoretical impasse is to understand akrasia as a form of skillful pre-reflective intentional action
Akrasia - inhn. org Akrasia must be contained in treatment as it essentially leads to self-sabotaging recovery by engaging in actions that undermine their healing, such as seeking out triggers or risky situations despite knowing the potential harmful consequences