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May 20, 2024
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PHIL128 PO - Practical Rationality: Success and FailureWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
Instructor(s): J. Tannenbaum
Credit: 1
What does it take to successfully act on good reasons? Must the will be free? Does reason need assistance or guidance from one’s desires and emotions? We will also consider who does and does not have this ability: at what age are humans able to act on reasons and do other animals have this ability? We will also consider what threatens or undermines this ability by looking at various forms of practical irrationality, including cognitive biases, weaknesses of will and self-deception. A previous college level philosophy course is recommended but not required.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
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