Desires lead to actions, influence feelings, and determine what counts as a reward. Recent empirical evidence shows that these three aspects of desire stem from a common biological origin. Informed by contemporary science as much as by the philosophical tradition, Three Faces of Desire reveals this common foundation and builds a striking new philosophical theory of desire that puts desire's neglected face-reward-at its core. Schroeder delves into the way that actions and feelings are produced in the brain, arguing that a distinctive system is responsible for promoting action, on the one hand, and causing feelings of pleasure and displeasure, on the other. This system, the brain's reward system, is the causal origin of both action and feeling, and is the key to understanding the nature of desire.
| ISBN: | 9780195172379 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2004 |
| Author: | Timothy Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, Canada Schroeder |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Philosophy of Mind Series |
| Genres: |
Philosophy Psychology |
Desires lead to actions, influence feelings, and determine what counts as a reward. Recent empirical evidence shows that these three aspects of desire stem from a common biological origin. Informed by contemporary science as much as by the philosophical tradition, Three Faces of Desire reveals this common foundation and builds a striking new philosophical theory of desire that puts desire's neglected face-reward-at its core. Schroeder delves into the way that actions and feelings are produced in the brain, arguing that a distinctive system is responsible for promoting action, on the one hand, and causing feelings of pleasure and displeasure, on the other. This system, the brain's reward system, is the causal origin of both action and feeling, and is the key to understanding the nature of desire.
Three Faces of Desire features in the following genres: Philosophy, Psychology
Three Faces of Desire is available in Hardback
Three Faces of Desire was written by Timothy Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, Canada Schroeder and published by Oxford University Press Inc
Three Faces of Desire has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Philosophy of Mind Series series