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Categorical Desires and the Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Yossi Yonah
Yossi Yonah
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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One of the most frequently recurring debates about practical reason concerns the roles of reason and the passions in explaining human motivation and behaviour. The debate focusses on two related questions: (1) Are desires necessary in explaining human motivation and behaviour? (2) Can reason suffice to motivate an action?

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , Fall 1994 , pp. 581 - 594
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1994

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