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Paper
Keywords
cognitive psychology, explanation, justification, motivation, rationalisation, reasons for action
Start Date
3-6-2020 8:00 AM
End Date
3-6-2020 9:00 AM
Abstract
Studies in cognitive psychology have shown that many of our actions seem to be often influenced by irrelevant features of the environment, of which we are not aware. But exactly what reasons has the psychological research uncovered? In philosophy, a distinction has been made between normative, motivating, and explanatory reasons. Hence it is necessary to determine which of them have been revealed as the real reasons for our actions by the psychological research.
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Studies in cognitive psychology have shown that many of our actions seem to be often influenced by irrelevant features of the environment, of which we are not aware. But exactly what reasons has the psychological research uncovered? In philosophy, a distinction has been made between normative, motivating, and explanatory reasons. Hence it is necessary to determine which of them have been revealed as the real reasons for our actions by the psychological research.
