The Philosophy and Psychology of Ambivalence: Being of Two Minds

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Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: The Philosophical and Psychological Significance of Ambivalence: An Introduction
	To Be or Not to Be?
	Ambivalence, Rationality, and Truth
	Ambivalence, Emotions, and Intentionality
	Ambivalence, Racism, and Global Justice
	Ambivalence, Well-Being, and Subjectivity
	Conclusions
	References
Part I: Ambivalence, Rationality, and Truth
	Chapter 2: Ambivalence, Incoherence, and Self-Governance
		Ambivalence
		Incoherence
		Self-Governance
			Too Few Reasons
			Too Many Reasons
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 3: Ambivalence-Autonomy Compatibilism
		Ambivalence and Its Degrees: Paralyzing and Residual
			Ambivalence and Autonomy
			Ambivalence and Identification Accounts of Autonomy
			Ambivalence and Coherence Accounts of Autonomy
			In Sum [Residual Ambivalence-Autonomy Compatibilism]
			Responding to Paralyzing Ambivalence and (Potentially) Restoring Autonomy
			Identifying the Cause
			Responses
			When Gathering More Information and Reflection Reach Their Limits: Creativity, Compromise, and Existential Leaps
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	Chapter 4: Irrationality, Charity, and Ambivalence
		Five Ways to be Charitable
		Is Akrasia Possible?
		The Priority of the Moves
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 5: Rational Epistemic Akrasia for the Ambivalent Pragmatist
		The Akratic Pragmatist and Her Imaginary Friend
		Pragmatism about Epistemic Justification
			How Pragmatism Can Be Rational
			Titelbaum versus Pragmatism
		Why Epistemic Akrasia Is Stable and Rational
			For Pragmatists, Akrasia Is an Instance of Disconnected Ambivalence
			Why Evidentialists Shouldn’t Apply the Enkratic Principle to Pragmatists
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 6: Ambivalence, Uncertainty, and Modality
		Ambivalence, Uncertainty, and the Inner Jury
		Ambivalence about Facts
		Open and Settled Questions
		Modality and Open Questions
		Ambivalence and Uncertainty in the Penumbra
		Superprobabilities
		Ambivalence and Rationality
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 7: Epistemic Vertigo
		Philosophical Paradoxes
		Wittgensteinian Anti-skepticism
		Epistemic Vertigo
		Philosophical Vertigo
		Notes
		References
Part II: Ambivalence, Emotions, and Intentionality
	Chapter 8: Fitting Inconsistency and Reasonable Irresolution
		Ambivalence as Unresolved Inconsistent Desire
		A Case of Appropriate Ambivalence
		Alternative Accounts
			Jackson’s Argument
			Greenspan’s Argument
		Fitting Inconsistent Desires
			The Inconsistency of the Good
			Fitting Desire and the Good
		Reasonable Irresolution
		Wholeheartedness
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 9: Self-Love and Self-Acceptance
		Introduction
		From Self-Hatred to Self-Love
		Accepting Oneself
		Loving and Valuing
			Self-Acceptance’s Place in This Valuing Orientation
			Self-Love and Value
			Self-Love’s Defeating Conditions
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 10: To Express or Not to Express? Ambivalence about Emotional Expression
		Ambivalence and Its Discontents
		The Rise and Fall of Emotional Restraint
		The Social Function of Emotion Suppression
		A New Function for Suppression
			Social Capital and Self-Control
			Signaling Self-Control
			Why Suppression?
		Ambivalence as Social Information
		Ambivalence and Alienation
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 11: Intentionalism, Ambivalent Emotions, and the Body
		Strong Intentionalism, the Body, and the Emotions
		The Body is a Problem for Intentionalism about the Emotions
		Three Types of Ambivalent Emotions
		How Strong Intentionalism can Accommodate Ambivalent Emotions
		What is the Fate of Strong Intentionalism about Emotions?
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part III: Ambivalence, Racism, and Global Justice
	Chapter 12: Cognitive Dissonance and the Logic of Racism
		Introduction
		Ambivalence versus Cognitive Dissonance
		Implicit Racial Biases and Habitual Racism
		Explicit Racism, Cognitive Dissonance, and Social Taboos
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 13: The Body Politic Is of Two Minds: Political Ambivalence on Norms of Justice
		Defining Objective Theories
		An Objection to Objective Theories: The Ambivalence Problem
		Social Contract Theory Can Fill the Gap Left by Objective Theories
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part IV: Ambivalence, Well-Being, and Subjectivity
	Chapter 14: Ambivalence, Well-Being, and Prudential Rationality
		Concepts of Ambivalence
		The Values-Realization Theory of Well-being: Atomistic Version
		The Values-Realization Theory of Well-Being: Holistic Version
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 15: Bridling the Mindless Ambivalence: Langerian Mindfulness and Suspension of Intentionality
		References
	Chapter 16: Ambivalence and the Borderline Position in the Existential-Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty: On Being and Having a Body-in-the-World from Primal Ambivalence to Intersubjective Ambiguity
		Love and Aggression: On the Ambivalent Ground of the Life World
		I am a Body, and I Have a Body: On the Ambivalent Root of Intersubjectivity
		From the Ambiguity of Lived Space and the Ambiguity of Embodied Time to the Ambiguity of Subjectivity
		On the Difference between Pathological Subjective Ambivalence and Subjective Ambiguity
		Notes
		References
Index