Normativity, Rationality and Reasoning - Selected Essays

This volume presents a selection of John Broome's most important work since 2000 in an area of philosophy where he has led the way. Topics discussed include the structure of normativity; the priority of oughts over reasons; the distinction between rationality and normativity; the character of human reasoning; and the nature of preferences.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part A. Normativity


• 1: Reason fundamentalism and what is wrong with it.


• 2: Given reasons and giving reasons


• 3: The first normative 'reason'


• 4: A linguistic turn in the philosophy of normativity?


• 5: Williams on ought


• Part B. Rationality


• 6: Rationality versus normativity


• 7: Motivation


• Part C. Reasoning


• 8: Normativity in reasoning


• 9: A linking belief is not essential for reasoning


• 10: Reasoning with preferences?

About the author

John Broome took a PhD in Economics from MIT, followed by an MA in Philosophy from Bedford College, University of London. He was a lecturer in Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, then a Reader and later Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. He became a Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews in 1996, and then White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, from 2000 to 2014. He is a regular visitor at the Australian National University, where he is an Honorary Professor.

Summary

This volume presents a selection of John Broome's most important work since 2000 in an area of philosophy where he has led the way. Topics discussed include the structure of normativity; the priority of oughts over reasons; the distinction between rationality and normativity; the character of human reasoning; and the nature of preferences.

Product details

• Authors: John Broome, John (Emeritus White''s Professor of Moral Broome
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780198824848
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882484-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Ethics & moral philosophy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge