The Variety of Reasons
Author | : Joshua Gert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1998 |
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Author | : Joshua Gert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1998 |
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Author | : Bradford Skow |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198785844 |
Reasons Why first argues that what philosophers are really after, or at least should be after, when they seek a theory of explanation, is a theory of answers to why-questions. It then advances a thesis about what form a theory of answers to why-questions should take: a theory of answers to why-questions should say what it takes for one fact to be a reason why another fact obtains. The book's main thesis, then, is a theory of reasons why. Every reason why some event happened is either a cause, or a ground, of that event. Challenging this thesis are many examples philosophers have thought they have found of "non-causal explanations." Reasons Why uses two ideas to show that these examples are not counterexamples to the theory it defends. First is the idea that not every part of a good response to a why-question is part of an answer to that why-question. Second is the idea that not every reason why something is a reason why an event happened is itself a reason why that event happened. In the book's final chapter its theory of reasons why is extended to cover teleological answers to why-questions, and answers to why-questions that give an agent's reason for acting.
Author | : Andrew Reisner |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2011-06-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139503049 |
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.
Author | : Roger Crisp |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2006-08-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191537357 |
In Reasons and the Good Roger Crisp answers some of the oldest questions in moral philosophy. Claiming that a fundamental issue in normative ethics is what ultimate reasons for action we might have, he argues that the best statements of such reasons will not employ moral concepts. He investigates and explains the nature of reasons themselves; his account of how we come to know them combines an intuitionist epistemology with elements of Pyrrhonist scepticism. He defends a hedonistic theory of well-being and an account of practical reason according to which we can give some, though not overriding, priority to our own good over that of others. The book develops original lines of argument within a framework of some traditional but currently less popular views.
Author | : David R. Morrow |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2017-09-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 162466623X |
Giving Reasons prepares students to think independently, evaluate information, and reason clearly across disciplines. Accessible to students and effective for instructors, it provides plain-English exercises, helpful appendices, and a variety of online supplements.
Author | : David D. Seelow |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2019-04-26 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1476634912 |
Imagine a classroom where students put away their smart phones and enthusiastically participate in learning activities that unleash creativity and refine critical thinking. Students today live and learn in a transmedia environment that demands multi-modal writing skills and multiple literacies. This collection brings together 17 new essays on using comics and graphic novels to provide both a learning framework and hands-on strategies that transform students' learning experiences through literary forms they respond to.
Author | : Dennis Holley |
Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1018 |
Release | : 2017-06-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1457554046 |
GENERAL BIOLOGY is an introductory level college biology textbook that provides students with an understandable and engaging encounter with the fundamentals of biology. Written for a two-semester undergraduate course of biology majors and presented as a bound set of two distinct volumes, this reader-friendly textbook(s) is concept driven vs. terminology driven. That is, the book(s) are based on the underlying concepts and principles of biology rather than the strict memorization of biological terms and terminology. Written in a student-centered and conversational style, this educational research-based book(s) connects students to all aspects of biology from the molecular to the biosphere. End-of-chapter questions challenge students to think critically and creatively while incorporating science process skills and biological principles.
Author | : John F. Horty |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2012-04-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199744076 |
In this volume, John Horty brings to bear his work in logic to present a framework that allows for answers to key questions about reasons and reasoning, namely: What are reasons, and how do they support actions or conclusions?
Author | : Georgia. Department of Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1898 |
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Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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