Reasoning Practically

Klappentext Reasoning Practically deals with a classical philosophical topic! the link between thought and action--how we think about what we do or ought to do! and how we move from thinking to doing. The essays by such renowned contributors as Donald Davidson! Barry Stroud! Cass R. Sunstein! Seyla Benhabib! and Gerald Dworkin! cover a range of issues raised when we link reason and practice. This collection connects state-of-the-art philosophical work with concrete issues in social life and political practice! making it of interest not only to philosophers! but to political theorists! legal scholars! and any researcher interested in the practical application of reason. Zusammenfassung These essays present research on the link between reasoning and practice. They cover issues raised by the move from thought to action, and represent an inquiry into the very nature of reason, reasoning and reasons, rationale, rationalization, and rationality.

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• Authors: Edna Ullmann-Margalit, Edna (Professor of Philosophy Ullmann-Margalit
• Assisted by: Edna Ullmann-Margalit (Editor), Ullmann-Margalit Edna (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1999
• EAN: 9780195125511
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512551-1
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: logic