Self-Control, Decision Theory, and Rationality

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Self-Control, Decision Theory, and Rationality is written by José Luis Bermúdez and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1108349676 (ISBN 10) and 9781108349673 (ISBN 13).

Thinking about self-control takes us to the heart of practical decision-making, human agency, motivation, and rational choice. Psychologists, philosophers, and decision theorists have all brought valuable insights and perspectives on how to model self-control, on different mechanisms for achieving and strengthening self-control, and on how self-control fits into the overall cognitive and affective economy. Yet these different literatures have remained relatively insulated from each other. Self-Control, Decision Theory, and Rationality brings them into dialog by focusing on the theme of rationality. It contains eleven newly written essays by a distinguished group of philosophers, psychologists, and decision theorists, together with a substantial introduction, collectively offering state-of-the-art perspectives on the rationality of self-control and the different mechanisms for achieving it.