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Drugs, mental instruments, and self-control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Robert Van Gulick
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244. rnvangul@syr.eduhttp://philosophy.syr.edu/

Abstract

The instrumental model offered by Müller & Schumann (M&S) is broadened to apply not only to drugs, but also to other methods of self-control, including the use of mental constructs to produce adaptive changes in behavior with the possibility of synergistic interactions between various instruments.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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