Rationality Through Reasoning (The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy)

Rationality Through Reasoning (The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy)

<i>Rationality Through Reasoning</i> answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Develops an original account of normativity, rationality and reasoning significantly different from the majority of existing philosophical thought</li> <li>Includes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning that explains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather than something that happens in us</li> <li>Gives an account of what reasons are and argues that the connection between rationality and reasons is much less close than many philosophers have thought</li> <li>Contains rigorous new accounts of oughts including owned oughts, agent-relative reasons, the logic of requirements, instrumental rationality, the role of normativity in reasoning, following a rule, the correctness of reasoning, the connections between intentions and beliefs, and much else.</li> <li>Offers a new answer to the ‘motivation question’ of how a normative belief motivates an action.</li> </ul>