Rationality Through Reasoning

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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.

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John Broome

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Epistemology Erkenntnistheorie Ethics Ethik Philosophie Philosophy

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"Rationality Through Reasoning is clearly written, and itcontains many discussions with other experts in this genre ofanalytic philosophy, such as Gilbert Harman, Niko Kolodny, andDerek Parfit, to whom the book is dedicated." (Ethical Perspectives, 1 March 2014) "This book is a masterclass in how to deploy illuminatingexamples and penetrating analyses to illuminate the connectionsbetween reasons, rationality, what ought to be done andintention." -- Frank Jackson, The Australian NationalUniversity "We ought to be deeply grateful to John Broome for having shedso much light on the nature of rationality, reasons and reasoning.His book will set a new standard of clarity in the discussion ofthese difficult but fundamental topics." -- Paul Boghossian, New York University
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