Reason and Nature: Essays in the Theory of Rationality - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0199256837 ISBN 13: 9780199256839

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2002

Riassunto

Reason and Nature investigates the normative dimension of reason and rationality and how it can be situated within the natural world. Nine philosophers and two psychologists address three main themes. The first concerns the status of norms of rationality and, in particular, how it is possible to show that norms we take to be objectively authoritative are so in fact. The second has to do with the precise form taken by the norms of rationality. The third concerns the role of norms of rationality in the psychological explanation of belief and action. It is widely assumed that we use the normative principles of rationality as regulative principles governing psychological explanation. This seems to demand that there is a certain harmony between the norms of rationality and the psychology of reasoning. What, then, should we make of the well-documented evidence suggesting that people consistently fail to reason well? And how can we extend the model to non-language-using creatures?
As this collection testifies, current work in the theory of rationality is subject to very diverse influences ranging from experimental and theoretical psychology, through philosophy of logic and language, to metaethics and the theory of practical reasoning. This work is pursued in various philosophical styles and with various orientations. Straight-down-the-line analytical, and largely a priori, enquiry contrasts with empirically constrained theorizing. A focus on human rationality contrasts with a focus on rationality in the wider natural world. As things stand work in one style often proceeds in isolation from work in others. If progress is to be made on rationality theorists will need to range widely. Reason and Nature will provide a stimulus to that endeavour.

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Reason and Nature is a very nice collection of papers which succeeds in bringing together a variety of perspectives about reasoning. All of them are well written and worth study, and Bermúdez and Millar select very appropriate papers. . . . Still, it is a volume well worth reading by those interested in philosophical or cognitive scientific approaches to reasoning. (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

Contenuti

• Alan Millar and José Luis Bermúdez: Introduction
• Part I: Objectivity and Normativity1: Paul Boghossian: How are Objective Epistemic Reasons Possible?
• 2: Crispin Wright: On Basic Logical Knowledge: Reflections on Paul Boghossian's 'How are Objective Epistemic Reasons Possible?'
• 3: John Broome: Practical Reasoning
• 4: Alan Millar: Reasons for Action and Instrumental Rationality
• Part II: Psychological Reality and Psychological Explanation5: Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford: The Rational Analysis of Human Cognition
• 6: E. J. Lowe: The Rational and the Real: Some Doubts About the Programme of Rational Analysis
• 7: David Over: The Rationality of Evolutionary Psychology
• 8: Isaac Levi: Commitment and Change of View
• 9: José Luis Bermúdez: Rationality and Psychological Explanation Without Language
• 10: Allan Gibbard: Normative Explanations: Invoking Rationality to Explain Happenings

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199256837
• ISBN 13: 9780199256839
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Redattore: Bermúdez José Luis, Millar Alan
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia