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In Praise of DesireOxford University Press. 2013.
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Humean Nature: How Desire Explains Action, Thought, and FeelingOxford University Press. 2017.This book defends the Humean Theory of Motivation, according to which desire drives all action and practical reasoning. Desire motivates us to pursue its object. It makes thoughts of its object pleasant. It focuses attention on its object. Its effects are amplified by vivid representations of its object. These aspects of desire explain why motivation usually accompanies moral belief, how intentions shape our plans, how we exercise willpower, what human selves are, how action can express emotion…Read more
Arizona State University
Philosophy - School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
PhD, 2021
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |