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Unfinished business : rational attitudes in reasoning /

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"Explaining how people reason is central to understanding ourselves as human beings. Complex deliberations that take unexpected turns are central to many good detective stories, but they are also ubiquitous in everyday life and academic research. While philosophers have studied both ends of com...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staffel, Julia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Reasoning.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Rationalism.
Rationalisme.
Théorie de la connaissance.
rationalism (philosophy)
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY.
Mind & Body.
Political.
Philosophy: logic.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The View. 1. The Big Picture
  • 2. The Problem
  • 3. The Solution - Introducing Transitional and Terminal Attitudes
  • 4. The Solution - Introducing Pro Tem and Pro Toto Rationality
  • Part II: The Details. 5. How to Categorize Attitudes
  • 6. Filling in the Definition Schema of Pro Tem Rationality, Condition (I)
  • 7. Filling in the Definition Schema of Pro Tem Rationality, Condition (II)
  • 8. Open Questions, Objections, and Replies
  • Part III: Applications. 9. Higher-Order Evidence
  • 10. Bayesian Double Standards - How to Model Logical Learning
  • 11. Reasoning about Philosophy
  • 12. Finishing the Job?