Attitudinal Theories of Pleasure and <i>De Re</i> Desires REPLY

Ventham, Elizabeth ORCID: 0000-0002-8759-5339 (2021) Attitudinal Theories of Pleasure and <i>De Re</i> Desires REPLY. UTILITAS, 33 (3). pp. 361-369.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article has two main aims. First, it will defend an ‘attitudinal’ account of pleasure, that is, an account of what it is that makes an experience pleasurable for a subject that explains it in terms of a certain kind of <jats:italic>de re</jats:italic> desire that the subject has towards that experience. Second, in doing so, the article aims to further our understanding of unconscious desires, and of what the subjects of such desires can be. The article begins by introducing two existing accounts of what makes an experience pleasurable. It then offers a diagnosis of a recent objection to attitudinal accounts from Bramble and existing responses from attitudinal theorists, arguing that the two positions are currently at a stalemate. After this, I argue for the possible existence of unknowable and unconscious <jats:italic>de re</jats:italic> desires, and show how such desires provide the best defence of such ‘attitudinal’ accounts.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Mar 2023 08:01
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2023 18:11
DOI:	10.1017/S0953820821000066
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3169236