Search Results for: Rationality Through Reasoning The Blackwell Brown Lectures In Philosophy

Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of howpeople are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do,built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality andreasoning that differs significantly from much existingphilosophical thinking. Develops an original account of normativity, rationality andreasoning significantly different from the majority of existingphilosophical thought Includes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning thatexplains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather thansomething that happens in us Gives an account of what reasons are and argues that theconnection between rationality and reasons is much less close thanmany philosophers have thought Contains rigorous new accounts of oughts including ownedoughts, agent-relative reasons, the logic of requirements,instrumental rationality, the role of normativity in reasoning,following a rule, the correctness of reasoning, the connectionsbetween intentions and beliefs, and much else. Offers a new answer to the ‘motivation question’ ofhow a normative belief motivates an action.