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European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Vol. 12 No. 1, 2016.

Original scientific paper

Is Love Based On Reasons?

Dalia Drai

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Abstract

The aim of the paper is to understand what is involved in the claim that a mental state in general and love in particular, is based on reasons. Love, like many other mental states, can be evaluated in various ways: it can be considered appropriate, deserved, enriching, perverse, destructive etc. but this does not mean that love is based on reasons. In this paper I present and defend a test that a mental state has to satisfy if it is to count as based on reasons. This test will be used to construct a new argument in favour of Frankfurt's position that love is not based on reasons.

Keywords

love; reasons; Frankfurt; Kolodny

Hrčak ID:

175166

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/175166

Publication date:

17.2.2017.

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