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The Normativity of Rationality
Benjamin Kiesewetter
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Description for The Normativity of Rationality
Hardcover. Kiesewetter defends the normativity of rationality by presenting a new solution to the problems that arise from the common assumption that we ought to be rational. He provides a defence of a reason-response conception of rationality, an evidence-relative account of reason, and an explanation of structural irrationality in relation to these accounts Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Sometimes our intentions and beliefs exhibit a structure that proves us to be irrational. The Normativity of Rationality is concerned with the question of whether we ought to avoid such irrationality. Benjamin Kiesewetter defends the normativity of rationality by presenting a new solution to the problems that arise from the common assumption that we ought to be rational. The argument touches upon many other topics in the theory of normativity, such as the form and the content of rational requirements, the preconditions of criticism, and the function of reasons in deliberation and advice. Drawing on ... Read more
Sometimes our intentions and beliefs exhibit a structure that proves us to be irrational. The Normativity of Rationality is concerned with the question of whether we ought to avoid such irrationality. Benjamin Kiesewetter defends the normativity of rationality by presenting a new solution to the problems that arise from the common assumption that we ought to be rational. The argument touches upon many other topics in the theory of normativity, such as the form and the content of rational requirements, the preconditions of criticism, and the function of reasons in deliberation and advice. Drawing on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198754282
SKU
V9780198754282
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About Benjamin Kiesewetter
Benjamin Kiesewetter studied philosophy, German literature and cultural studies in Berlin, Nottingham, and Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2014, and worked as a lecturer and research associate at the Australian National University in Canberra, the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the University of Hamburg. He works on metaethics, reasons and rationality, children's rights and ... Read more
Reviews for The Normativity of Rationality
This is one of the most persuasive and interesting treatments of rationality that I have read.
R. Jay Wallace, University of California, Berkeley
I very much enjoy reading philosophy at its best - the pleasure and excitement of finding one new insight after another until they lead up to a surprising conclusion is very much like the feeling ... Read more
R. Jay Wallace, University of California, Berkeley
I very much enjoy reading philosophy at its best - the pleasure and excitement of finding one new insight after another until they lead up to a surprising conclusion is very much like the feeling ... Read more