Motivation and Agency

By Alfred R. Mele. 2003

334 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Philosophy

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/e552d92104fdd4a4751a08b5daf62c84a40ba987

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Elisabeth Pacherie
2. Andrea Scarantino
3. Shaun Gallagher

In Social Psychology

1. Elisabeth Pacherie
2. Andrea Scarantino
3. Shaun Gallagher

In Philosophy

1. Elisabeth Pacherie
2. Andrea Scarantino

Citations in the corpus

• How to Do Things with Emotional Expressions: The Theory of Affective Pragmatics (2017, background): “Intentions have settledness: To intend to do something is to have removed uncertainty about what to do (Mele, 2003).”
• Towards a dynamic theory of intentions (2009, background): “Second, as Mele (2003) points out, it is unclear whether the readiness potential constitutes the neural substrate of intentions or decisions rather than of desires or urges.”
• Effective Intentions: The Power of Conscious Will (2009, neutral): “He sketches this framework mostly in Chapter 1 by largely referring to his previous works (Mele 1992, 2003, 2007).”