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The current issue emerges from a collaborative research context on the philosophy of habits. It is part of a wider project supported by the Italian Ministry of University, entitled Habits (in Time) of Crisis. Conceptual Tools for Dealing with Disruptive Events (PRIN 2022), and is situated among the numerous scholarly activities carried out by the Interuniversity Centre for Habit Studies, known as PhilHabits. It is within this context that the idea of revisiting the so-called double law of habits first emerged. The idea of reconsidering this subject originally arose from a conversation between the authors of this preface and the editors of the current issue. The comparison of different viewpoints and theoretical frameworks revealed that such an exchange can generate crises – large or small – in our habitual ways of thinking, and that these crises can be potentially productive.

Sommario:

HABITS BETWEEN SENSIBILITY AND ACTION
RETHINKING THE DOUBLE LAW OF HABIT

Preface
Roberta Dreon, Marco Piazza

A Note on George Turnbull and the Law of Habits
Sofia Sandreschi de Robertis

The Law of Habits
An Excerpt from The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy
George Turnbull

Reiteration in Sensibility According to Aristotle
Perception and Phantasia
Giulia Mingucci

Habit and Automatism
Two Opposite Paths
Sofia Sandreschi de Robertis

Habit, Choice, and Action
Aristotle’s Analysis of Ethical Virtue
Francesca Masi

Triadic Law of Habit
Reflecting on David Hartley’s Theory and Practice of Moral Development
Catherine Dromelet

Rethinking the Double Law of Habit with Maine de Biran
Marco Piazza

Rethinking the Double Law of Habit: James’ Case
Alice Morelli

“Bring Me an Apple!”
Wittgenstein on Meaning, Customs and Training
Elena Valeri