"Disagreement, Drugs, etc.: From Accuracy to Akrasia ." Episteme 13, no.

279), que caracteriza um turbulento e polifagico estado de akrasia (incontinencia) (SERRA, 2012, p.

I will do so by offering an interpretation of the relation between Aristotle's account of akratic ignorance in Nicomachean Ethics 7 and the emphasis at the beginning of book 7 on the necessity of going through perplexity ([phrase omitted]) when inquiring into akrasia . Along the way, I hope to shed some additional light on Aristotle's conception of endoxa, his account of the so-called practical syllogism, and the distinction between ethical virtue simply and "authoritative" virtue.

Akrasia is a Greek word meaning weakness of will or acting in a way contrary to one's sincerely held moral values (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.).

Aristotle and Augustine on Freedom: Two Theories of Freedom, Voluntary Action and Akrasia . New York: St.

Akrasia : (a) enkrateia (b) weakness of will (c) summary (d) honest effort 9.

Radical epistemic akrasia is the state a subject is in when she believes p and she believes that her evidence does not support p.

Stoneking, is entitled "Abulia and Akrasia ," the latter a classical Greek term for lack of self-control.

Stoneking, is entitled 'Abulia and Akrasia ,' the latter a classical Greek term for lack of self-control.