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What is the difference between 'non voluntary' and 'involuntary' in Aristotles' philoshphy?
In my philosophy class, my teacher divided actions into two pieces:
voluntary action and not voluntary one. And he divided not volun.
And he divided again not voluntary one into two pieces:
nonvoluntary one and involuntary one.
I remember his differing 'non'voluntary thing from 'in'voluntary thing, saying
both are acually different. But until now I don't know what is the difference between them.
NON-voluntary and IN-voluntary....... what makes them different??
voluntary action and not voluntary one. And he divided not volun.
And he divided again not voluntary one into two pieces:
nonvoluntary one and involuntary one.
I remember his differing 'non'voluntary thing from 'in'voluntary thing, saying
both are acually different. But until now I don't know what is the difference between them.
NON-voluntary and IN-voluntary....... what makes them different??
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Hi, I don't know how Aristotle made these distinctions, but here's how I would use these words. voluntary - I do the action because I want to do it. involuntary - I do it, by instinct or reflex, but not because I consciously want to.
- Hi, I don't know how Aristotle made these distinctions, but here's how I would use these words.
- voluntary - I do the action because I want to do it.
- involuntary - I do it, by instinct or reflex, but not because I consciously want to.
- eg The doctor taps my knee with a little hammer and that makes my foot jerk.
- Blinking my eye is another example.
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Hi,
I don't know how Aristotle made these distinctions, but here's how I would use these words.
voluntary - I do the action because I want to do it.
involuntary - I do it, by instinct or reflex, but not because I consciously want to. eg The doctor taps my knee with a little hammer and that makes my foot jerk. Blinking my eye
I don't know how Aristotle made these distinctions, but here's how I would use these words.
voluntary - I do the action because I want to do it.
involuntary - I do it, by instinct or reflex, but not because I consciously want to. eg The doctor taps my knee with a little hammer and that makes my foot jerk. Blinking my eye
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This is an old question but I see a wrong answer below.
Voluntary actions are actions that have been performed with complete knowledge of the circumstance and no have form of compulsion.
Involuntary action are compulsive actions created by force or ignorance.
Non-voluntary actions are an important subset of involuntary action that states the action
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