Carlisle, Clare
On Habit (Thinking in Action)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415619141
- author:
- Carlisle, Clare
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 154
- Dimensions:
- 19.56 x 12.45 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Movements,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Aristotle and Hume see habit as a guiding force in life, while Proust views it with skepticism. What is habit, and how does it shape our lives? Clare Carlisle explores the philosophical concept of habit from its historical roots to its implications for ethics and practice.
Carlisle examines the contrasting interpretations of habitual thinking offered by Spinoza and Hume, and assesses the ambivalent attitudes to habit expressed by Nietzsche and Proust. She argues that a distinction between habit and practice helps to clarify this ambivalence, particularly in the context of habit and religion.
The book concludes by considering how philosophy itself is a practice of learning to live well with habit. Carlisle's thought-provoking analysis illuminates the ethical significance of recent neuroscience discoveries and sheds new light on the nature of habit and its role in our lives.
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