Doing Things for Reasons
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195143647
ISBN-13
9780195143645
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 9th, 2001
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.50 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
History of Western philosophyEthics & moral philosophy
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What exactly are the reasons we do things, and how are they related to the resulting actions? Bittner explores this question and proposes an answer: a reason is a response to that state of affairs. This work is a contribution to the fields of rationality, ethics, and action theory.
What exactly are the reasons we do things, and how are they related to the resulting actions? Bittner explores this question and proposes an answer: a reason is a response to that state of affairs. This is actually in complete opposition to the broad consensus in Western philosophy that reasons are items, or configurations of items in the mind (i.e psychological states). That consensus is firmly rejected by Bittner, who tries to retrieve a thoroughly worldly understanding of reasons. Elegantly written, this work is a substantial contribution to the fields of rationality, ethics, and action theory.
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