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#x98;The#x9C; value of rationality by Ralph Wedgwood; Oxford University Press is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Ralph Wedgwood Gives A General Account Of The Concept Of Rationality. 'the Normativity Of Rationality' Is Designed As The First Instalment Of A Trilogy - To Be Followed By Accounts Of The Requirements Of Rationality That Apply Specifically To Beliefs And Choices. The Central Claim Of The Book Is That Rationality Is A Normative Concept. This Claim Is Defended Against Some Recent Objections. Normative Concepts Are To Be Explained In Terms Of Values (not In Terms Of 'ought' Or Reasons). Rationality Is Itself A Value: Rational Thinking Is In A Certain Way Better Than Irrational Thinking. Specifically, Rationality Is An Internalist Concept: What It Is Rational For You To Think Now Depends Solely On What Is Now Present In Your Mind. Nonetheless, Rationality Has An External Goal - The Goal Of Thinking Correctly, Or Getting Things Right In One's Thinking. The Connection Between Thinking Rationally And Thinking Correctly Is Probabilistic: If Your Thinking Is Irrational, That Is In Effect Bad News About Your Thinking's Degree Of Correctness. This Account Of Rationality Explains How We Should Set About Giving A Theory Of What It Is For Beliefs And Choices To Be Rational. Wedgwood Thus Unifies
Who reads #x98;The#x9C; value of rationality?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ralph Wedgwood; Oxford University Press
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192523747
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Anthropology