Abstract
Abstract
The chapter analyses the links between cognition of value and desires. The evaluative cognitive states that can give rise to desires and actions in beings like us include perception, phantasia and thought. As a result of this richness, it is hard for humans to control and manage their desires by thinking and reasoning. In particular, Aristotle thinks that we cannot regulate our desires merely by discriminating between true and false appearances of goodness, fineness and pleasantness.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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