Lecture 02

Date given: Wednesday, 15th October 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 02 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 3, How, if at all, should a philosophical theory of action incorporate scientific discoveries about the control of action?

References

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• There Are No Habitual Actions
• The Minor Puzzle about Habitual Processes
• Goal-Directed and Habitual: Some Evidence
• The Problem of Action meets Habitual Processes
• Conclusion