Plural of acrasia; multiple instances or types of weakness of will or loss of self-control.
Plural form of acrasia, from Greek a- (without) plus kratos (power). The same philosophical concept referenced multiple times or in different contexts.
While philosophers debated the nature of acrasia as a singular problem, modern neuroscience shows we have multiple kinds of willpower failures in the brain—we override appetite control differently than impulse control differently than emotional regulation.
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