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Towards a goal-directed account of weak-willed behavior

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Moors, Agnes

Abstract / Description

In this paper, I address the puzzle of the weakness of will by defending a dual process model with a parallel-competitive architecture, based on the idea that stimulus-driven and goal-directed processes can both be automatic. According to this model, goal-directed processes are the main mechanism for both optimal and suboptimal behavior, including weak-willed behavior.

Keyword(s)

weakness of will akrasia goal-directed stimulus-driven habit dual-process action control

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Date of first publication

2020

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The Brains blog

Is part of series

Empirically-Informed Approaches to Weakness of Will: A Brains Blog Roundtable

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Moors, A. (2020). Towards a goal-directed account of weak-willed behavior. https://philosophyofbrains.com/. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.3126
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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Moors, Agnes
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2020-07-14T15:34:30Z
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    2020-07-14T15:34:30Z
  • Date of first publication
    2020
  • Abstract / Description
    In this paper, I address the puzzle of the weakness of will by defending a dual process model with a parallel-competitive architecture, based on the idea that stimulus-driven and goal-directed processes can both be automatic. According to this model, goal-directed processes are the main mechanism for both optimal and suboptimal behavior, including weak-willed behavior.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
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  • Review status
    reviewed
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  • Sponsorship
    Preparation of this paper was supported by Research Program G073317N of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) and Grant C14/17/047 of the Research Fund of KU Leuven.
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  • Citation
    Moors, A. (2020). Towards a goal-directed account of weak-willed behavior. https://philosophyofbrains.com/. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.3126
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2743
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3126
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    https://philosophyofbrains.com/
  • Is part of
    The Brains blog
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  • Is part of series
    Empirically-Informed Approaches to Weakness of Will: A Brains Blog Roundtable
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  • Is version of
    http://philosophyofbrains.com/2019/01/07/empirically-informed-approaches-to-weakness-of-will-a-brains-blog-roundtable.aspx
  • Is related to
    http://philosophyofbrains.com/2019/01/07/empirically-informed-approaches-to-weakness-of-will-a-brains-blog-roundtable.aspx
  • Keyword(s)
    weakness of will
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  • Keyword(s)
    akrasia
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  • Keyword(s)
    goal-directed
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  • Keyword(s)
    stimulus-driven
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  • Keyword(s)
    habit
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  • Keyword(s)
    dual-process
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  • Keyword(s)
    action
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  • Keyword(s)
    control
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Towards a goal-directed account of weak-willed behavior
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  • DRO type
    other
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  • Leibniz subject classification
    Psychologie
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  • Visible tag(s)
    weakness of will
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  • Visible tag(s)
    akrasia
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  • Visible tag(s)
    goal-directed
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  • Visible tag(s)
    stimulus-driven
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  • Visible tag(s)
    habit
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  • Visible tag(s)
    dual-process
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  • Visible tag(s)
    action
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  • Visible tag(s)
    control
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