Speakers

Who? Professor Greg Bassett
Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Hope College
Professor of Philosophy at Aquinas College

Topic: Weakness of Will, Perception, and Action

Weakness of will, understood as action contrary to one's judgment, is notoriously difficult to explain since it seems impossible. Yet it happens all the time.

This talk is an attempt to explain how it happens by offering an account of weakness of will based upon Aristotle's distinction between different types of judgment. Such an account depends upon a theory of action, drawn from the aesthetics of Collingwood, in which perception and action are experientially inseparable.

All are welcome.

When? Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Where? DeWitt Herrick Room

Time? 4:00 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Andrew Dell'Olio at
x 7549 or adellolio@hope.edu.