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Fascicolo | 6 | 2 | 2025
Articolo | Habit and Automatism

Habit and Automatism

Two Opposite Paths

Abstract

This essay explores different ways of understanding the relationship between habit and automatism, starting from the notion of ‘spontaneity’ implied in the double law of habit. The first path highlights the risks of automatism, viewing it as a mechanical and passive mode of action, as seen in the works of Maine de Biran, Ribot, and Dumont. The second path, which originates in the nineteenth century with Ravaisson and Fouillée, suggests a different view of habit and automatism. In the twentieth century, this perspective will reemerge in various forms in the thought of Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur, Deleuze, and Guattari.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 12 Febbraio 2025 | Accettato: 06 Maggio 2025 | Pubblicato 20 Giugno 2025 | Lingua: en

Keywords SensibilitySpontaneityHabitFrench PhilosophyAutomatism


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