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1768Affective Experience, Desire, and Reasons for ActionAnalytic Philosophy 60 (1): 27-54. 2019.What is the role of affective experience in explaining how our desires provide us with reasons for action? When we desire that p, we are thereby disposed to feel attracted to the prospect that p, or to feel averse to the prospect that not-p. In this paper, we argue that affective experiences – including feelings of attraction and aversion – provide us with reasons for action in virtue of their phenomenal character. Moreover, we argue that desires provide us with reasons for action only insofar a…Read more
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Ohio State UniversityLecturer
Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |