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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alfred R Mele; Piers Rawling |
| ISBN: | 0195145399 9780195145397 |
| OCLC Number: | 51848631 |
| Description: | xii, 477 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : aspects of rationality / Alfred R. Mele and Piers Rawling -- Theoretical rationality : its sources, structure, and scope / Robert Audi -- Practical aspects of theoretical reasoning / Gilbert Harman -- Procedural and substantive practical rationality / Brad Hooker and Bart Streumer -- Human rationality / Michael Smith -- Kant : rationality as practical reason / Onora O'Neill -- Duty, rationality, and practical reasons / David McNaughton and Piers Rawling -- Bayesianism / James M. Joyce -- Decision theory and morality / James Dreier -- Rationality and game theory / Cristina Bicchieri -- Practical reasoning and emotion / Patricia Greenspan -- The rationality of being guided by rules / Edward F. McClennen -- Motivated irrationality / Alfred R. Mele -- Paradoxes of rationality / Roy Sorensen -- Rationality and psychology / Richard Samuels and Stephen Stich -- Gender and rationality / Karen Jones -- Rationality and persons / Carol Rovane -- Rationality, language, and the principle of charity / Kirk Ludwig -- Rationality and science / Paul Thagard -- Economic rationality / Paul Weirich -- Legal theory and the rational actor / Claire Finkelstein -- Rationality and evolution / Peter Danielson. |
| Other Titles: | Rationality |
| Responsibility: | edited by Alfred R. Mele, Piers Rawling. |
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<br>"The Handbook provides an engaging and accessible survey of current philosophical studies of rationality, and a useful up-to-date roadmap of state-of-the-art thinking on this enduring topicThis is an authoritative sourcebook. Whereas each chapter can be read on its own and the references within each essay direct the reader to further writings in that topic area, the selection and arrangement of the topics are thoughtful and well-designed. Each author is undoubtedly among the best qualified candidates to undertake his or her commissioned chapter, and most essays are consistently of high quality."-Jing Zhu, Philosophical Psychology<p><br> Read more...
