Broome, John
Rationality Through Reasoning
Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking.
- Develops an original account of normativity, rationality and reasoning significantly different from the majority of existing philosophical thought
- Includes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning that explains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather than something that happens in us
- Gives an account of what reasons are and argues that the connection between rationality and reasons is much less close than many philosophers have thought
- Contains rigorous new accounts of oughts including owned oughts, agent-relative reasons, the logic of requirements, instrumental rationality, the role of normativity in reasoning, following a rule, the correctness of reasoning, the connections between intentions and beliefs, and much else.
- Offers a new answer to the ‘motivation question’ of how a normative belief motivates an action.
Keywords: something; us; motivates; theory; subject; unique; reasoning; rationality; process; argues; able; ourselves; course; argument; author; comprehensive; normativity; account; practical; showing; principally; theoretical, Ethics, Ethics
- Author(s)
- Broome, John
- Editor
- Broome, John
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy
- Page amount
- 328 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118609118
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118656051