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Hegel on addiction
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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:45 authored by Katerina DeligiorgiThe aim of this paper is to show how certain distinctive elements of Hegel's theory of action can provide a fresh philosophical perspective on the phenomenon of addiction. What motivates the turn to Hegel is a set of puzzles that arise out of contemporary medical and philosophical discussions of addiction. Starting with questions concerning ongoing attempts to define addiction, the paper examines the resources needed for addiction to be classed as a disorder, as it commonly is. Provisionally settling with the notion of akrasia, the paper turns to Hegel for a theory of agency that fills in the gaps of the account of akrasia used in the contemporary literature on addiction and helps resolve the puzzles that occasioned the paper.
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Hegel BulletinISSN
2051-5367Publisher
Cambridge University PressExternal DOI
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2018-11-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
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