...Robert C. Solomon ALCHEMIES OF THE MIND: RATIONALITY AND THE EMOTIONS. By Jon Elster Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xi, 450. Cornell University 2001 BOOK REVIEWS and compelling (though, at times, difficult) reading, it can also result...

...Louis C. Charland STRONG FEELINGS: EMOTION, ADDICTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. By Jon Elster. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 252. Cornell University 2001 BOOK REVIEWS The PhilosophiculReviau, Vol. 110, No. 1 (January 2001) STRONG FEELINGS...

...- trating book. It appears to be-and Elster more or less suggests this-a series of quite different kinds of essays, connected by somewhat confusing cross refer- ences and a general concern for the nature of emotions and their transforma- tions. The first chapter is a position paper on explanation...

... by Steven Gross 94 Michael P. Lynch, Truth in Cont reviewed by Dorothy Grover 98 Paul Horwich, Meaning, reviewed by Emma Borg 101 Jon Elster, Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions, reviewed by Robert C. Solomon 104 Jon Elster, Strong...

... Levinson argues, against Elster, that creativity in art is not maximization of aesthetic value within constraints, and urges us to see violation of constraint as, on occa- sions, more creative than Elster’s system allows. Another approach is through the audience’s reaction to and understanding...

... Elster, that creativity in art is not maximization of aesthetic value within constraints, and urges us to see violation of constraint as, on occa- sions, more creative than Elster’s system allows. Another approach is through the audience’s reaction to and understanding of the creative process...

.... As recently shown by Schofield (2006) and Elster (2013) , quite the opposite seems to be the case. Most FNI theories claim irreflexivity, meaning that we cannot make ourselves unfree—only other agents can do that. Due to this irreflexive character of freedom, authors like Bentham who favor an FNI...

... of speech that are in fact counterproductive to that end. 21. At least, assuming the kind of correlation mentioned above, in footnote 16. 22. This example is based on Elster's (1983) use of La Fontaine (though this specific fable is more often attributed to Aesop). The example is now...

... that is unfulfilling on account of being rote and unskilled is alienated (Wolff 2003: 34, 36; cf. Elster 1985: 103–4; 1986; Adams 1991: 250). Likewise, it belongs to human beings to act freely: properly human labor, we can say, is free. On the essentialist reading, it follows that labor that is unfree—for instance...

... Reibetanz Moreau, and Arthur Ripstein, eds. 2007. Law and Morality: Readings in Legal Philosophy. 3rd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. xvii + 1076 pp. Eagleton, Terry. 2007. The Meaning of Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. x + 187 pp. Elster, Jon. 2007. Explaining Social Behavior...

... of Ethics. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. vii + 347 pp. Elster, Jon. 2009. Reason and Rationality. Translated by Steven Rendall. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 79 pp. Engstrom, Stephen. 2009. The Form of Practical Knowledge: A Study of the Categorical Imperative. Cambridge, MA...

.... Transplant. Toronto: Robot Binaries & Press. 257 pp. Elster, Jon. 2009. Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. x + 202 pp. Ferguson, Ann, and Mechthild Nagel, eds. 2009. Dancing with Iris: The Philosophy of Iris Marion Young. Studies in Feminist...

...] 1932 . Mathematical Psychics . Reprinted by the London School of Economics and Political Science. London: C. Kegan Paul and Co. Goodin, Robert. 1986 . Laundering Preferences. In Foundations of Social Choice Theory , ed. Jon Elster and Aanund Hylland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press...

... and Jon Elster (“Moral Dilemmas of Transitional Justice”) each discuss a particular kind of practical conflict. Baumann constructs a practical analogue of the Preface Paradox. He argues that agents have an indefeasible reason to want all their goals to be realized...

... and Jon Elster (“Moral Dilemmas of Transitional Justice”) each discuss a particular kind of practical conflict. Baumann constructs a practical analogue of the Preface Paradox. He argues that agents have an indefeasible reason to want all their goals to be realized...

... and Jon Elster (“Moral Dilemmas of Transitional Justice”) each discuss a particular kind of practical conflict. Baumann constructs a practical analogue of the Preface Paradox. He argues that agents have an indefeasible reason to want all their goals to be realized...

... when reasons are practically incommensurable. The essays by Peter Baumann (“Involvement and Detachment: A Par- adox of Practical Reason Alfred Mele (“Outcomes of Internal Conflicts in the Sphere of Akrasia and Self-Control and Jon Elster (“Moral Dilemmas of Transitional Justice”) each...

... when reasons are practically incommensurable. The essays by Peter Baumann (“Involvement and Detachment: A Par- adox of Practical Reason Alfred Mele (“Outcomes of Internal Conflicts in the Sphere of Akrasia and Self-Control and Jon Elster (“Moral Dilemmas of Transitional Justice”) each...

... RECEIVED Ulysses Unbound: Studies in Rationality, Precommitment, and Constraints. By Jon Elster. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xi, 308. Moral Seljhood in the Liberal Tradition: The Politics of Individuality. By Paul Fairfield. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000...

... to Each Other. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Schelling, T. 1960 . The Strategy of Conflict. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Watson, G. 1999 . Disordered Appetites. In Addiction: Entries and Exits, ed. J. Elster, 3 -28. New York: Russell Sage Foundation...