{"product_id":"rationality-through-reasoning-paperback-softback-9781118656051","title":"Rationality Through Reasoning (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118656051","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRationality Through Reasoning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a masterclass in how to deploy illuminating examples and penetrating analyses to illuminate the connections between reasons, rationality, what ought to be done and intention.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eFrank Jackson, The Australian National University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"We ought to be deeply grateful to John Broome for having shed so much light on the nature of rationality, reasons and reasoning. His book will set a new standard of clarity in the discussion of these difficult but fundamental topics.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePaul Boghossian, New York University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Broome (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118656051, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRationality Through Reasoning\u003c\/i\u003e is clearly written, and it contains many discussions with other experts in this genre of analytic philosophy, such as Gilbert Harman, Niko Kolodny, and Derek Parfit, to whom the book is dedicated.\" (\u003ci\u003eEthical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRationality Through Reasoning\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops an original account of normativity, rationality and reasoning significantly different from the majority of existing philosophical thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning that explains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather than something that happens in us\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGives an account of what reasons are and argues that the connection between rationality and reasons is much less close than many philosophers have thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a new answer to the ‘motivation question’ of how a normative belief motivates an action.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Motivation 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 This book 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Ought 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The meaning of ‘ought’ 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Normative and non-normative oughts 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Owned and unowned oughts 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Qualified and unqualified oughts 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Objective, Subjective and Prospective Oughts 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Sidgwick’s View 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The need to decide 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Objective and prospective oughts 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Valuing prospects 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Summary 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Reasons 46\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction and preliminaries 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Pro toto reasons 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Pro tanto reasons 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Most reason 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Ownership of reasons 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Responding to Reasons 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Rationality and responding to reasons 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The quick objection 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Attitudinal reasons 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Sufficiency of reasons 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Responding to Reason-Beliefs 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The Enkratic Condition 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Meeting your own standards 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Responding correctly to P-beliefs 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Conclusion 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Requirements 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Two sorts of requirement 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Property requirements 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Source requirements 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Logic for requirements? 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Ought 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Conditional Requirements 132\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Application and content 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Conditional requirements of rationality 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix to Chapter 8 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Synchronic Rationality 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction and method 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Consistency 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Deduction 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Instrumental Rationality 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Enkrasia 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Bayesian requirements 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Diachronic Rationality 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Persistence of Intention 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 The rationality of doing as you decide 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Diachronic requirements on beliefs 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Basing prohibitions and basing permissions 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Rationality and Normativity 192\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 The Normative Question 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 More on rationality and reasons 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Is rationality derivatively normative? 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Is rationality non-derivatively normative? 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Higher-Order Reasoning 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 The reasoning process 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Reasoning through an intention 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Reasoning with judgement-sensitive attitudes 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 One more point 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 First-Order Reasoning 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 The reasoning process 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Necessary and sufficient conditions for reasoning 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Operating on contents 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Reasoning as activity 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Reasoning at the first order 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 The direction of reasoning 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Correct belief reasoning 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Practical Reasoning 250\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Reasoning with attitudes other than beliefs 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Correctness 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Choosing a means 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Hypothesizing 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Explicit Reasoning 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Markers 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Bayesian and expressivist reasoning 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Reasoning with absences 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Theoretical and practical reasoning 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Intention reasoning with other markers 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Enkratic Reasoning 288\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Enkratic reasoning 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Humean objections 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Conclusion 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 295\u003c\/p\u003e 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