Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning - Softcover

Dancy, Jonathan

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9780198865827: Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning
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ISBN 10: 0198865821 ISBN 13: 9780198865827
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

It is widely accepted that we can reason to a new belief from beliefs that we already have. Aristotle thought that we could also reason from beliefs to action. Many philosophers have disregarded Aristotle's claim, but Jonathan Dancy aims to establish the possibility of reasoning to action, by showing how similar such reasoning is to reasoning to belief. He offers a general theory of reasoning which is Aristotelian in spirit, and which smoothly admits the differences there may be between reasoning to action and reasoning to belief, while also considering the possibility of reasoning to hope, to fear, to doubt, and to intention.

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About the Author

Jonathan Dancy has worked at the University of Texas at Austin since 2005. He previously taught at the University of Keele for 25 years and then at the University of Reading before retiring in the UK in 2011. His books include Practical Reality (2000) and Ethics Without Principles (2004).

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198865821
ISBN 13 
9780198865827
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
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