Morgan, D;
O'Brien, L;
(2016)
Getting Out of Your Head: Addiction and the Motive of Self-Escape.
Mind & Language
, 31
(3)
pp. 314-334.
10.1111/mila.12108.
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Abstract
This article explores and defends the claim that addictive desires—for alcohol in particular—are partly explained by the motive of self-escape. We consider how this claim sits with the neurophysiological explanation of the strength of addictive desires in terms of the effect addictive substances have on the dopamine system. We argue that nothing in the neuroscientific framework rules out pluralism about the causes of addictive desire.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Getting Out of Your Head: Addiction and the Motive of Self-Escape |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mila.12108 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mila.12108 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Morgan, D. and O'Brien, L. (2016), Getting Out of Your Head: Addiction and the Motive of Self-Escape. Mind & Language, 31: 314–334, which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1111/mila.12108. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1505309 |
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