Concept

Higher-order volition

Overview

philosophical term

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Higher-order volition

• Harry Frankfurt

Related ideas

• Belief
• Harry Frankfurt
• John Locke
• Pascal's wager
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Compatibilism
• Free will
• Determinism

Opposing perspectives

• Volition
• Reason

Place in the tradition

Part of Compatibilism.

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