Lecture 01

Date given: Wednesday, 8th October 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 01 as pdf. (This has the same content as the web version you are reading here.)

Essay Questions

This lecture is relevant for answering the following questions:

• long essay question 1, Given that human actions are consequences of two (or more) dissociable processes, namely habitual and goal-directed processes, what (if any) are the consequences for philosophical theories of action?

• long essay question 2, Given that human actions are consequences of two (or more) dissociable processes, namely habitual and goal-directed processes, what (if any) are the consequences for decision theory?

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Table of contents

• Introduction: Why Investigate Philosophical Issues in Behavioural Science?
• Practial Things
• Philosophical Theories of Action
• Instrumental Action
• Goal-Directed and Habitual Processes
• Conclusion