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Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy

by Alfred R. Mele. 280 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Alfred R. Mele

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1995
Subjects:   Autonomy (Philosophy), Self-Control
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Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy
Book by Alfred R. Mele; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Autonomy (Philosophy), Self-Control
...Alfred R. Mele. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-509454-9 1. Self-control. 2. Autonomy Philosophy I. Title. BJ1533.D49M45 1995 128.3--dc20 94-32890 135798642 Printed in the United States of America on...
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Developing Theories of Intention: Social Understanding and Self-Control
Book by Philip David Zelazo, Janet Wilde Astington, David R. Olson; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999
Subjects: Self-Control In Children, Social Perception In Children
...1-11. Crane T. 1998 . "Intentionality as the mark of the mental". In A. OHear Ed. , Current issues in philosophy of mind pp. 229-251 . Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Cutting A., Dunn J. in press...
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Bullies, Fights, and Guns: Testing Self-Control Theory with Juveniles
Book by Stacey Nofziger; LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2001
Subjects: Children And Violence--United States, Deviant Behavior--United States, Juvenile Delinquency--United States, Self-Control In Children--United States
...other social problems. Specifically, those in the lower class are concerned with excitement, toughness, smartness, fate, autonomy and trouble (Miller 1958). Members of this culture of poverty participate in activities that serve to meet these subcultural...
4.
Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy
Book by Kenneth Seeskin; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Autonomy (Philosophy), Autonomy (Psychology)--Religious Aspects--Judaism, Jewish Philosophers, Philosophy, Jewish
...express my perpetual gratitude to the Academy for Jewish Philosophy. Abbreviations Where both German and English editions are...German edition cited first. CHAPTER 1 The problem of autonomy In the first sentence of his famous essay What is Enlightenment...
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Control of Human Behavior, Mental Processes, and Consciousness: Essays in Honor of the 60th Birthday of August Flammer
Book by Walter J. Perrig, Alexander Grob; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000
Subjects: Control (Psychology), Human Information Processing, Perceptual Control Theory, Self-Control
...27, 333-347. Kent G. 1987 . "Self-efficacious control over reported physiological, cognitive...Schwarzer R. Eds. ; 1992 . Self-efficacy: Thought control of action . Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere...disability". In R. Schwarzer Ed. , Self-efficacy: Thought control of action pp. 149-176 . Washington...
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Stop before You Hurt the Kids: Communicating Self-Control and Self-Negation in Femininity, Mothering, and Eating Disorders
Journal article by Lorin Basden Arnold, Erica Doran; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 30, 2007
Subjects: Domestic violence--Control, Domestic violence--Psychological aspects, Domestic violence--Social aspects, Eating disorders--Care and treatment, Eating disorders--Influence, Family violence--Control, Family violence--Psychological aspects, Family violence--Social aspects, Femininity--Analysis, Mother and child--Psychological aspects, Mother-child relations--Psychological aspects, Motherhood--Psychological aspects, Motherhood--Social aspects, Self control--Methods, Self-control--Methods
...before You Hurt the Kids: Communicating Self-Control and Self-Negation in Femininity, Mothering...argue that the cultural expectations of self-control and self-negation in the roles of woman...expectations, motherhood, femininity, culture, self-control, self-negation I didnt eat lunch in...
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Self Control, Social Control and Evolutionary Psychology: Towards an Integrated Perspective on Crime
Journal article by Augustine Brannigan; Canadian Journal of Criminology, Vol. 39, 1997
Subjects: Criminal behavior--Causes of, Genetic psychology--Research, Self-control--Social aspects, Social control--Social aspects
Self control, social control and evolutionary psychology...Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990) stressed self-control: internalized restraints on pleasure...of Crime: Classical choice and low self control Gottfredson and Hirschi suggest that...
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"Saturnalia of Blood": Masculine Self-Control and American Indians in the Frontier Novel
Journal article by Michael T. Wilson; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 33, 2005
Subjects: Frontier literature--Analysis, Native Americans--Portrayals, Self control--Portrayals, Self-control--Portrayals
...biological hybrid, and contains no taint or virtue of English-like thinking or sentimentality. Sanutee fights to bring autonomy back to his people, understood in the classic European model of patriotic revolution: "The Yemassees would be free" (36...
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Can the Theory of Planned Behavior Mediate the Effects of Low Self-Control on Alcohol Use?
Journal article by George E. Higgins, Catherine Davis Marcum; College Student Journal, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: College students--Behavior, College students--Research, College students--Social aspects, Drinking (Alcoholic beverages)--Research, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Research, Self control--Research, Self-control--Research
...Behavior Mediate the Effects of Low Self-Control on Alcohol Use? by George E...show that Gottfredson and Hirschis low self-control plays an important role in alcohol use, but low self-control remains stable over time. Because self...
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Self-Control and Resistance to School [*]
Journal article by M. Reza Nakhaie, Robert. A. Silverman, Teresa C. Lagrange; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 37, 2000
Subjects: Adolescence--Research, Age--Evaluation, Crime--Research, Ethnicity--Evaluation, School attendance--Research, Self-control (Child psychology)--Research, Sex--Evaluation, Social classes--Evaluation
Self-control and Resistance to School * by...paper tests the relationship between self-control, social control and resistance to school...and Hirschi, 1990) in that lack of self-control is the strongest predictor of all types...
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Fighting the Urge to Fight the Urge: Our Capacity for Self-Control May Be Running on Empty
Magazine article by Patrick Tucker; The Futurist, Vol. 42, March 2008
Subjects: Conduct of life--Psychological aspects, Ego (Psychology)--Influence, Self control--Influence, Self control--Methods, Self control--Physiological aspects, Self-control--Influence, Self-control--Methods, Self-control--Physiological aspects
...Fight the Urge: Our Capacity for Self-Control May Be Running on Empty. by...suggests why: Our capacity for self-control is far shallower than we realize. "People have a limited amount of self-control, and tasks requiring controlled...
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Who's in Charge Here? the 20th Century Taught Us That Repressed Desires Are the Source of Human Unhappiness. Now, with More Possibilities for Pleasure and Fewer Rules and Constraints Than Ever before, the Happy Few Will Be Those Able to Exercise Self-Control
Magazine article by Daniel Akst; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 30, Summer 2006
Subjects: Internet--Laws, regulations and rules, Internet--Services, Internet--Statistics, Self control, Self-control
...Happy Few Will Be Those Able to Exercise Self-Control. by Daniel Akst MOST OF US...lavishing huge incomes on societys scary new self-control elite, those "resume gods" who seem...only to control ourselves, but to ask, self-control for what? What larger purpose, if any...
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Exerting Self-Control
Magazine article by Avner Offer, John D. Mcbride, Mark Muraven; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 30, Autumn 2006
Exerting Self-Control. by Avner Offer , John D...describes the emerging awareness of self-control as a source of well-being. This awareness...novelty exacerbate the predicament. Self-control is not a matter merely of individual...
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Balancing Passion and Self-Control: Finding the Right Mix for a Successful Career
Magazine article by Chauntelle Folds; Black Enterprise, Vol. 37, September 2006
Subjects: Hill, Patrice L.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Human resource management--Planning, Workers--Behavior, Workers--Psychological aspects
Balancing Passion and Self-Control: Finding the Right Mix for a...Hill would be described as "self-controlled." These individuals realize that...It is important to understand self-control as a trait of personal discipline...
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Shopping till They Drop - Their Self-Control
Magazine article by Gayle Hanson; Insight on the News, Vol. 9, December 20, 1993
Subjects: Compulsive shopping--Psychological aspects, Debt--Psychological aspects
Shopping till they drop - their self-control by Gayle Hanson For Darcy...would feel physically sick. I was out of control." Regan, a sparkling blonde with the...compulsive spenders to a California self-help organization, Faber and OGuinn...compulsive shoppers suffer from extremely low self-esteem," says Faber. "The attention...income bracket. They are simply out of control when it comes to their money. "When...
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The Holy Time of Self-Control; Many of You May Have Noticed Your Muslim Friends or Colleagues Have Been Fasting since Ramadan Began Last Month. SARAH JUDD Discovers What This Important Religious Festival Means to Local Muslims
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), October 5, 2007
The Holy Time of Self-Control; Many of You May Have Noticed Your...Ramadan is intended to increase self-control in all areas, including food, sleeping...help with their month-long act of self-control. Since Muslims live all over the...
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RUGBY UNION: Self-Control Sadly Lacking for England
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), February 14, 2005
RUGBY UNION: Self-Control Sadly Lacking for England. Byline: By ANDREW BALDOCK ENGLAND...that his ailing world champions were punished for their lack of self-control after they crashed to another demoralising RBS 6 Nations Championship...
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Self-Control Is in Our Grasp
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 23, 2007
Self-Control Is in Our Grasp. Byline: By William...precursor to the tax returning to council control in the long term. Localising business...under any shake-up ordered by Mr Brown. Control of some key roads managed by the Highways...
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Clinton Urged to Lean on Films, TV: Lawmakers Want Media Self-Control
Newspaper article by Nancy E. Roman; The Washington Times, April 29, 1999
Subjects: Lieberman, Joseph I.
Clinton urged to lean on films, TV: Lawmakers want media self-control by Nancy E. Roman Some Republicans and Democrats...Hollywood to pressure media executives to exercise a little self-control. Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut Democrat, and...
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Pub Killer Jailed for Eight Years; MAN UNDER KNIFE AND BOTTLE ATTACK LOST SELF-CONTROL, SAYS JUDGE
Newspaper article by Paul Hargrave; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), February 16, 2000
...Jailed for Eight Years; MAN UNDER KNIFE AND BOTTLE ATTACK LOST SELF-CONTROL, SAYS JUDGE. by Paul Hargrave COVENTRY killer...you were defenceless and alone. You reacted by losing your self control." Henson, aged 26, of Kingfield Road, Foleshill, was being...
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Rogers, Fred Mcfeely
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...presented one of Americas perenially popular shows. It was one of the first programs to encourage childrens self-esteem, self-control, cooperation, ability to deal with problems, appreciation of diversity, and other important values and behaviors. Over the...
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Japan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...in Sept., 2006; newly elected LDP-leader Shinzo Abe succeeded him in the post. The agency responsible for overseeing Japans self-defense forces was upgraded to a ministry in Dec., 2006, and the forces mandate was expanded to include international peacekeeping...
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Hindu Philosophy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
HINDU PHILOSOPHY the philosophical speculations and systems of India that have their roots in Hinduism . Characteristics Hindu philosophy began in the period of the Upanishads (900 500 b.c.), but systematic philosophical elaboration...
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Palestinian Authority
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Palestinian National Authority, interim self-government body responsible for areas...and Gaza Strip under Palestinian control. The PA was authorized by the Oslo Accords...areas of self-rule. Under a 1995 accord, self-rule was extended over a two-year period...increased the area of the West Bank under PA control. Negotiations with Israel in 2000 proved...like Abbas, clashed with Arafat over control of the security forces. Following Arafats...
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...TRUSTEESHIP, TERRITORIAL system of UN control for territories that were not self-governing. It replaced the mandates...inhabitants and to advance them toward self-government. Trust territories were created...emphasis on measures taken to increase self-government and educational opportunities...
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