What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing But Cocaine?: A Philosophy of Addiction - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hanna Pickard, Marco Venniro (Illustrator)Publish date:1/6/2026Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691253534ISBN-10:691253536UPC:9780691253534Book Category:Psychology, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, Mind & BodyBook Topic:AddictionSize:9.29 x 6.14 x 1.42 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCVDZK4VKQ
What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing But Cocaine?: A Philosophy of Addiction
A revolutionary new paradigm for understanding addiction
Why do people with addiction use drugs self-destructively? Why don't they quit out of self-concern? Why does the rat in the experiment, alone in a cage, press the lever again and again for cocaine--to the point of death? In this pathbreaking book, Hanna Pickard proposes a new paradigm for understanding the puzzle of addiction. For too long,...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691253534ISBN-10:691253536UPC:9780691253534Book Category:Psychology, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, Mind & BodyBook Topic:AddictionSize:9.29 x 6.14 x 1.42 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCVDZK4VKQ
Hanna Pickard is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics and Krieger-Eisenhower Professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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