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Chapter 9 - Exercising Self-Control

An Apparent Problem Resolved

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2018

By
Alfred R. Mele
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José Luis Bermúdez
José Luis Bermúdez
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Texas A & M University
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Self-Control, Decision Theory, and Rationality
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 , pp. 204 - 217
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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