Wants and Two Kinds of Reasons for Actions
| Author | : Orin Thomas Atwater |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Reasoning |
| ISBN | : |
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Reasons for Belief
| Author | : Andrew Reisner |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2011-06-02 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1139503049 |
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Philosophers have long been concerned about what we know and how we know it. Increasingly, however, a related question has gained prominence in philosophical discussion: what should we believe and why? This volume brings together twelve new essays that address different aspects of this question. The essays examine foundational questions about reasons for belief, and use new research on reasons for belief to address traditional epistemological concerns such as knowledge, justification and perceptually acquired beliefs. This book will be of interest to philosophers working on epistemology, theoretical reason, rationality, perception and ethics. It will also be of interest to cognitive scientists and psychologists who wish to gain deeper insight into normative questions about belief and knowledge.
Meaning in Life and Why It Matters
| Author | : Susan Wolf |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2012-03-25 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0691154503 |
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Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of love for objects that we rightly perceive as worthy of love--and it is these actions that give meaning to our lives. Wolf makes a compelling case that, along with happiness and morality, this kind of meaningfulness constitutes a distinctive dimension of a good life. Written in a lively and engaging style, and full of provocative examples, Meaning in Life and Why It Matters is a profound and original reflection on a subject of permanent human concern.
Agent, Action, and Reason
| Author | : Robert W. Binkley |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 1971-12-15 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1442633654 |
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This volume contains the papers and commentaries presented at the fourth philosophy colloquium at the University of Western Ontario in November 1968. The papers examine, from different points of view, the central problems in the philosophy of action. They include: “Agency” by Donald Davidson with comments by James Cornman; “On the Logic on International Action” by Roderick Chisholm with comments by Bruce Aune and a reply by Roderick Chisholm; “Wanting: Some Pitfalls” by R.M. Hare with comments by David Gauthier and D.F. Pears; “Two Problems about Reasons for Actions” by D.F. Pears with comments by Irving Thalberg. Also included is an extensive bibliography of recent work in the philosophy of action. The contributors are all well known for their work in this branch of philosophy; their papers present a cross section of the best work being done in the area at the present time.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
| Author | : David Hume |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 1751 |
| Genre | : Ethics |
| ISBN | : |
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Volume 3: Philosophy of Action
| Author | : Guttorm Fløistad |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 1983-01-31 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9789024726325 |
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Half title: International Institute of Philosophy, Institut international de philosophie.
A Commentary on Kant's Critique of Practical Reason
| Author | : Lewis White Beck |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0226040755 |
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When this work was first published in 1960, it immediately filled a void in Kantian scholarship. It was the first study entirely devoted to Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and by far the most substantial commentary on it ever written. This landmark in Western philosophical literature remains an indispensable aid to a complete understanding of Kant's philosophy for students and scholars alike. This Critique is the only writing in which Kant weaves his thoughts on practical reason into a unified argument. Lewis White Beck offers a classic examination of this argument and expertly places it in the context of Kant's philosophy and of the moral philosophy of the eighteenth century.
The Authority of Reason
| Author | : Jean E. Hampton |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 1998-02-28 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780521556149 |
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This challenging and provocative book argues against much contemporary orthodoxy in philosophy and the social sciences by showing why objectivity in the domain of ethics is really no different from the objectivity of scientific knowledge. Many philosophers and social scientists have challenged the idea that we act for objectively authoritative reasons. Jean Hampton takes up the challenge by undermining two central assumptions of this contemporary orthodoxy: that one can understand instrumental reasons without appeal to objective authority, and that the adoption of the scientific world view requires no such appeal. In the course of the book Jean Hampton examines moral realism, the general nature of reason and norms, internalism and externalism, instrumental reasoning, and the expected utility model of practical reasoning. The book is sure to prove to be a seminal work in the theory of rationality that will be read by a broad swathe of philosophers and social scientists.
Augustine's Way into the Will
| Author | : Simon Harrison |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2006-11-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0191520667 |
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Augustine's dialogue De libero arbitrio (On Free Choice) is, with his Confessions and City of God, one of his most important and widely read works. It contains one of the earliest accounts of the concept of 'free will' in the history of philosophy. Composed during a key period in Augustine's early career, between his conversion to Christianity and his ordination as a bishop, it has often been viewed as a an incoherent mixture of his 'early' and 'late' thinking. Simon Harrison offers an original account of Augustine's theory of will, taking seriously both the philosophical arguments and literary form of the text. Relating De libero arbitrio to other key texts of Augustine's, in particular the City of God and the Confessions, Harrison shows that Augustine approaches the problem of free will as a problem of knowledge: how do I know that I am free?, and that Augustine uses the dialogue form to instantiate his 'way into the will'.
Knowing How
| Author | : John Bengson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2012-01-06 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0190452838 |
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Knowledge how to do things is a pervasive and central element of everyday life. Yet it raises many difficult questions that must be answered by philosophers and cognitive scientists aspiring to understand human cognition and agency. What is the connection between knowing how and knowing that? Is knowledge how simply a type of ability or disposition to act? Is there an irreducibly practical form of knowledge? What is the role of the intellect in intelligent action? This volume contains fifteen state of the art essays by leading figures in philosophy and linguistics that amplify and sharpen the debate between "intellectualists" and "anti-intellectualists" about mind and action, highlighting the conceptual, empirical, and linguistic issues that motivate and sustain the conflict. The essays also explore various ways in which this debate informs central areas of ethics, philosophy of action, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Knowing How covers a broad range of topics dealing with tacit and procedural knowledge, the psychology of skill, expertise, intelligence and intelligent action, the nature of ability, the syntax and semantics of embedded questions, the mind-body problem, phenomenal character, epistemic injustice, moral knowledge, the epistemology of logic, linguistic competence, the connection between knowledge and understanding, and the relation between theory and practice. This is the book on knowing how--an invaluable resource for philosophers, linguists, psychologists, and others concerned with knowledge, mind, and action.
