Practical Shape
A Theory of Practical Reasoning
Everyone allows that we can reason to a new belief from beliefs that we already have. Aristotle thought that we could also reason from beliefs to action. Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning establishes this possibility of reasoning to action, in a way that allows also for reasoning to intention, hope, fear, and doubt. While many philosophers have found little sense in Aristotle's claim, Dancy offers a general theory of reasoning that issensitive to current debates but still Aristotelian in spirit. The text clearly sets out the similarities between reasoning to action and reasoning to belief, which are far more striking than any d…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-252801-8
- EAN: 9780192528018
- Produktnummer: 29379643
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'351 KB
Über den Autor
Jonathan Dancy has worked at the University of Texas at Austin since 2005. He previously taught at the University of Keele for 25 years and then at the University of Reading before retiring in the UK in 2011. His books include Practical Reality (2000) and Ethics Without Principles (2004).
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