Lecture 08

Date given: Wednesday, 3rd December 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 08 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 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?

• long essay question 3, How, if at all, should a philosophical theory of action incorporate scientific discoveries about the control of action?

• long essay question 4, Could some motor representations be intentions?

• long essay question 5, What is an interface problem? Consider one case in which an interface problem arises. How could the problem be solved?

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• The Interface Problem: Motor Representation vs Intention
• Preference vs Aversion: A Dissociation
• Interface Problems and the Role of Experience
• Conclusion