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Spontaneity and Cognitive Agency
A Kantian Approach to the Contemporary Debate
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Markos Valaris
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December 18, 2013
Abstract
Cognitive agency - the idea that our judgments and beliefs are manifestations of agency on our part - is a deeply entrenched aspect of our self-conception as persons. And yet it has proven hard to give a satisfying account of what such agency might consist in. In this paper I argue that getting clear about Kant’s notion of spontaneity might help us make progress in that debate. In particular, I argue that the very same assumption - namely, that agency must be understood on the model of production - has been holding us back in both areas.
Published Online: 2013-12-18
Published in Print: 2013-08
© 2013 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.
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- Is Kant (W)right? – On Kant’s Regulative Ideas and Wright’s Entitlements
- Kant on Doxastic Voluntarism and its Implications for Epistemic Responsibility
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