DELIBERATION AND AUTOMATICITY IN HABITUAL ACTS

Deliberation and Automaticity in Habitual Acts

Most philosophers and psychologists assume that habitual acts do not ensue from deliberation, but are direct responses to the circumstances: habit essentially involves a variety of automaticity.My objective in this paper is to show that this view is unduly restrictive.A habit can explain an act in various ways.Pointing to the operation of automatic

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Cavemen were better at depicting quadruped walking than modern artists: erroneous walking illustrations in the fine arts from prehistory to today.

The experts of animal locomotion well know the characteristics of quadruped walking since the pioneering work of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s.Most of the quadrupeds advance their legs in the same lateral sequence when walking, and only the timing of their supporting feet differ more or less.How did this scientific knowledge influence the correct

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