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Zusatztext Reason and Nature is a very nice collection of papers which succeeds in bringing together a variety of perspectives about reasoning. All of them are well written and worth study, and Bermúdez and Millar select very appropriate papers. . . . Still, it is a volume well worth reading by those interested in philosophical or cognitive scientific approaches to reasoning. Klappentext The essays in this volume investigate the norms of reason--the standards which contribute to determining whether beliefs, inferences, and actions are rational. Nine philosophers and two psychologists discuss what kinds of things these norms are, how they can be situated within the natural world, and what role they play in the psychological explanation of belief and action. Current work in the theory of rationality is subject to very diverse influences ranging from experimental and theoretical psychology, through philosophy of logic and language, to metaethics and the theory of practical reasoning; this range is well represented here. Zusammenfassung Investigates the normative dimension of reason and rationality and how it can be situated within the natural world. Nine philosophers and two psychologists address three main themes: the status of norms of rationality; the precise form taken by them; and the role of norms in belief and actions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Objectivity and Normativity 2: Crispin Wright: On Basic Logical Knowledge: Reflections on Paul Boghossian's 'How are Objective Epistemic Reasons Possible?' 3: John Broome: Practical Reasoning 4: Alan Millar: Reasons for Action and Instrumental Rationality Part II: Psychological Reality and Psychological Explanation 6: E. J. Lowe: The Rational and the Real: Some Doubts About the Programme of Rational Analysis 7: David Over: The Rationality of Evolutionary Psychology 8: Isaac Levi: Commitment and Change of View 9: José Luis Bermúdez: Rationality and Psychological Explanation Without Language 10: Allan Gibbard: Normative Explanations: Invoking Rationality to Explain Happenings ...
