Where does the akratic break take place?

Intention and Weakness of Will

“…24 (Rorty 1980) Note that Rorty is here giving a discussion of akrasia, not of weakness of will; like me she denies that the two are the same. See p. 333n.…”

Where Does the Cetanic Break Take Place? Weakness of Will in Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra

“…For instance, Davidson drops Aristotle's success condition, so that action against my better judgment constitutes akrasia, whether or not that judgment is correct (Davidson 2001, 21). Both Aristotle and contemporary authors generally limit their attention to akratic action; however, Amélie Rorty, in an influential article, broadens her focus to include emotional response and perceptual classification, which, when voluntary, can also constitute varieties of akratic response (Rorty 1980). I argue in the next section that this broadening trend brings contemporary work on weakness of will closer to the pluralistic account of psychological conflict found in Buddhist texts.…”

Weakness of will, akrasia, and the neuropsychiatry of decision making: An interdisciplinary perspective

“…It is generally acknowledged that akrasia is a general concept that covers a wide variety of irrational actions. For philosophical attempts to categorize different kinds of akratic actions, see A. Oksenberg Rorty (1988) or Pettit and Smith (1993).…”

“…In the philosophical literature, certain kinds of akrasia are described as cases of accidie-that is, sloth, or just not caring (Dancy, 1993;A. O. Rorty, 1988;Stocker, 1979;Tenenbaum, 2003).…”

“…However, it may be possible to draw from research on creativity and abstract problem solving. In the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, for example, fluency (next to y flexibility and y originality) is defined as one dimension of creative thinkthe initiation of the action (Mele, 1987;A. O. Rorty, 1988).…”