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A very useful collection of papers that combine empirical, theoretical, clinical, and philosophical analyses in a sophisticated way to address the complex and important topic of responsibility and addiction. -- Harold Kincaid, Professor of Philosophy, Sociology, and Epidemiology, and Director, Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham Addiction and Responsibility takes debates about the philosophical significance of addiction to a new level. It is a model of interdisciplinary cooperation, as psychologists and philosophers offer their own perspectives and illuminate each others'. The book should be read by all philosophers who want to understand some of the real-life issues that matter to our attributions of responsibility, and is an important addition to the growing literature in philosophy of psychiatry as well. -- Dominic Murphy, Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney

About the Author

Jeffrey Poland is Visiting Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Brown University and a Senior Lecturer in History, Philosophy, and Social Science at Rhode Island School of Design. He is the coeditor of Addiction and Responsibility (MIT Press).

George Graham is a Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of Consciousness Reconsidered and The Really Hard Problem- Meaning in a Material World, both published by the MIT Press, and other books.

Reviews

"A very useful collection of papers that combine empirical, theoretical, clinical, and philosophical analyses in a sophisticated way to address the complex and important topic of responsibility and addiction." Harold Kincaid , Professor of Philosophy, Sociology, and Epidemiology, and Director, Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham "Addiction and Responsibility takes debates about the philosophical significance of addiction to a new level. It is a model of interdisciplinary cooperation, as psychologists and philosophers offer their own perspectives and illuminate each others'. The book should be read by all philosophers who want to understand some of the real-life issues that matter to our attributions of responsibility, and is an important addition to the growing literature in philosophy of psychiatry as well." Dominic Murphy , Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney