Cantitate/Preț
Produs

The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination

Editat de Chrisoula Andreou, Mark D. White
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2012
When we fail to achieve our goals, procrastination is often the culprit. But how exactly is procrastination to be understood? It has been described as imprudent, irrational, inconsistent, and even immoral, but there has been no sustained philosophical debate concerning the topic.This edited volume starts in on the task of integrating the problem of procrastination into philosophical inquiry. The focus is on exploring procrastination in relation to agency, rationality, and ethics -- topics that philosophy is well-suited to address. Theoretically and empirically informed analyses are developed and applied with the aim of shedding light on a vexing practical problem that generates a great deal of frustration, regret, and harm. Some of the key questions that are addressed include the following: How can we analyze procrastination in a way that does justice to both its voluntary and its self-defeating dimensions? What kind of practical failing is procrastination? Is it a form of weakness of will? Is it the product of fragmented agency? Is it a vice? Given the nature of procrastination, what are the most promising coping strategies?
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (1) 28085 lei  31-37 zile
  Oxford University Press – 31 mai 2012 28085 lei  31-37 zile
Hardback (1) 53461 lei  31-37 zile
  Oxford University Press – 29 apr 2010 53461 lei  31-37 zile

Preț: 28085 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 421

Preț estimativ în valută:
5375 5583$ 4465£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 24-30 ianuarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199917372
ISBN-10: 019991737X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 155 x 231 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Recenzii

The Thief of Time is an interesting and important book. It deals in fresh ways with well-known philosophical problems: will and rationality and their weaknesses, vice and virtue, identity, the nature of lived time. And more importantly, Andreou and White's collection often weds these questions to ordinary struggles and anxieties - lucidly and sometimes enjoyably ... Worth putting off rubbish television for it.

Notă biografică

Chrisoula Andreou is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah.Mark D. White is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy at the College of Staten Island, CUNY.