Humeanism about Motivation

Michael Smith

doi:10.1002/9781444323528.ch20

Humeanism about Motivation

Michael Smith

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Companion to the Philosophy of Action
Publisher	Wiley Blackwell (Blackwell Publishing - Munksgaard)
Pages	153-158
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781405187350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444323528.ch20
Publication status	Published - 29 Jul 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Deeper objection to HTM - that Hume was wrong to suppose that desire and belief are distinct existences
HTM, psychological states constituting motivations - pairs of intrinsic desires and means-end beliefs
Humean theory of motivation (HTM) - named after the Scottish philosopher David Hume
Humeanism about motivation
Motivations, important explanatory role - according to HTM, figuring in constitutive explanations of actions
Objection, two objections rolled into one - initial objection, just another variation on the objection that belief and secondly desire
Problem with second version of final objection - that it is left unclear, what it is for something to seem good to someone

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