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    It is not the case that If intentions to try were the operative causal driver, akratic action would be impossible, yet akrasia demonstrably occurs when agents act against their all-out evaluative judgments.

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    • 1.Akratic action may involve conflicting intentions where a weaker intention operatively drives behavior.
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    • 2.The claim equivocates between 'intentions to try' and actual operative intentions—agents may intend otherwise.
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    • 3.Demonstrating akrasia requires proving the agent truly intended their all-out judgment, which is disputed.
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    • 1.Akratic agents demonstrate a gap between judgment and action, proving intentions alone don't determine behavior.
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    • 2.If intentions were fully operative, agents couldn't act contrary to their best judgment by definition.
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    • 3.Empirical cases of weakness of will show competing motivational forces override rational intention.
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