Book 2014
Addiction And Selfcontrol Perspectives From Philosophy Psychology And Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Published
- 2014
- Substance abuse, treatment
- Self-control
- Substance abuse
- Treatment
- Addicts
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Psychology
- Addictive Behavior
Addiction seems to involve a significant degree of loss of control over behaviour, yet it remains mysterious how such a loss of control occurs and how it can be compatible with the retention of agency. This collection, which arose out of a conference held at the University of Oxford, brings together philosophers, neuroscientists and psychologists with the aim of understanding this loss of control from a perspective informed by cutting-edge science and philosophical reflection.