Three Faces of Desire

By Timothy J. Schroeder. 2004

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Neuronal Reward and Decision Signals: From Theories to Data. (2015, background): “Different from such specific desire, there are also desires for imagined or even impossible rewards, such as flying to Mars, in which cases desires become wishes (514).”
Mechanisms and psychological explanation (2007, background): “Surprisingly, this example has not received much discussion in philosophical accounts of psychology (a noteworthy exception might be Schroeder, 2004).”
An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks (2023, background): “Since having money usually coincides with this positive experience, the brain associates the two, and this connection will strengthen to a point where acquiring money alone can stimulate the reward signal, regardless of whether one buys anything with it [111].”
Valence and Value (2018, unknown): “2 Although it is not my focus in this paper, valence also serves as a teaching-signal for evaluative learning (Schroeder, 2004).”
A Dispositional Approach to Attitudes: Thinking Outside of the Belief Box (2013, background): “Timothy Schroeder (2004), criticizes “messy” theories of desire of the sort I favor because they seem to neglect the advantages of science in explaining how superficial dispositions hang together; and Peter Carruthers (this volume) raises a similar point against my previous work on belief.”