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Rationality, time, and self /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearson, Olley (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Subjects:
Self.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Contents; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Chapter Outlines; Part I: Indexicals and Rationality; 2: Tense & Emotions; 2.1 Tensed Language; 2.2 Metaphysical Tense; 2.3 The Old Tenseless Theories; 2.4 Problems for the Old Tenseless Theories; 2.5 The New Tenseless Theories; 2.6 Tenseless Theoriesâ#x80;#x99; Responses to Priorâ#x80;#x99;s Thank Goodness Argument; 2.7 Inadequacies of the Tenseless Theoriesâ#x80;#x99; Response30; 2.8 Summary; References; 3: Indexicals & Actions; 3.1 Indexicals; 3.2 Perryâ#x80;#x99;s Argument for the Essential Indexical; 3.3 Assumptions of Perryâ#x80;#x99;s Argument
  • 3.4 The Sufficiency of First-Personal & Temporal Indexicals3.5 Mellorâ#x80;#x99;s Tenseless Account of Essential Tensed Beliefs; 3.6 Inadequacies of Mellorâ#x80;#x99;s Tenseless Account; 3.7 Summary; References; Part II: Rationality; 4: Reasons; 4.1 Theories & Terms; 4.2 Justificatory Reasons; 4.3 Motivational Reasons; References; 5: Acting for a Reason; 5.1 Ingredients; 5.2 The Need for Beliefs & Desires; 5.3 The Role & Interrelations of Beliefs & Desires14; 5.4 Practical Reasoning26; 5.5 Reasons as Causes; 5.6 Summary; References; 6: Rationality
  • 6.1 Distinction Between Reasonable & Rational Actions6.2 Rational Obligations; 6.3 The Denial of Rational Obligations; 6.4 Explaining the Appearance of Rational Obligations; 6.5 What Rationality Consists In; 6.6 Summary; References; Part III: The Reality of Tense and Emergence of the Self; 7: The Argument from Rational Action; 7.1 The Argument from Action; 7.2 Justification of P9 & P10; 7.3 Justification of P4; 7.4 Facts; 7.5 Summary; References; 8: Implications for Non-indexical Cases; 8.1 Cognitive Significance
  • 8.2 The Application of the Argument from Action to Non-indexical Cases8.3 Co-reference & Distinct Facts: Names & Definite Descriptions; 8.4 Natural Kind Terms & the Argument from Action; 8.5 Actions; 8.6 Summary; References; 9: The Argument from Appropriate Emotions; 9.1 A Cognitive Theory of Emotions; 9.2 Objections to a Cognitive Theory of Emotions Rebutted; 9.3 The Appropriateness of Emotions; 9.4 The Reasonableness of Emotions; 9.5 Appropriateness and Tense; 9.6 The Argument from Emotions; References; 10: Time and Self; 10.1 The Tensed Theory of Time
  • 10.2 McTaggartâ#x80;#x99;s Paradox10.3 The Emergent Self; 10.4 The Private Language Argument; 10.5 Summary; References; 11: Closing Remarks; 11.1 The Problem of the Essential Indexical; 11.2 Other Responses to Perryâ#x80;#x99;s Problem; 11.3 Conclusion; References; Index