Normativity, Rationality and Reasoning

Normativity, Rationality and Reasoning
Author: John Broome
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 019882484X

This volume is a selection of Broome's recent papers on normativity, rationality, and reasoning. It covers a variety of topics such as the meanings of 'ought', 'reason', and 'reasons'; the fundamental structure of normativity and the metaphysical priority of ought over reasons; the ownership - or agent-relativity - of oughts and reasons; the distinction between rationality and normativity; the notion of rational motivation; what characterizes the human activity of reasoning, and what is the role of normativity within it; the nature of preferences and of reasoning with preferences; and others. These papers extend the work presented in his book Rationality Through Reasoning but there is little overlap between their content and the book's. They develop further some themes and arguments from the book, and answer some questions that the book left unanswered.

Rationality Through Reasoning

Rationality Through Reasoning
Author: John Broome
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2013-09-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1405117109

Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking. Develops an original account of normativity, rationality and reasoning significantly different from the majority of existing philosophical thought Includes an account of theoretical and practical reasoning that explains how reasoning is something we ourselves do, rather than something that happens in us Gives an account of what reasons are and argues that the connection between rationality and reasons is much less close than many philosophers have thought Contains rigorous new accounts of oughts including owned oughts, agent-relative reasons, the logic of requirements, instrumental rationality, the role of normativity in reasoning, following a rule, the correctness of reasoning, the connections between intentions and beliefs, and much else. Offers a new answer to the ‘motivation question’ of how a normative belief motivates an action.

The Normativity of Rationality

The Normativity of Rationality
Author: Benjamin Kiesewetter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2017
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198754280

Benjamin Kiesewetter defends the normativity of rationality by presenting a new solution to the problems that arise from the common assumption that we ought to be rational. Drawing on an extensive and careful assessment of the problems discussed in the literature, Kiesewetter provides a detailed defence of a reason-response conception of rationality, a novel, evidence-relative account of reasons, and an explanation of structural irrationality in terms of theseaccounts.

The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity

The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity
Author: Daniel Star
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1105
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199657882

'The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity' contains 44 commissioned chapters on a wide range of topics, and will appeal to readers with an interest in ethics or epistemology. A diverse selection of substantive positions are defended by leading proponents of the views in question, and provide broad coverage of the study of reasons and normativity across multiple philosophical subfields. In addition to focusing on reasons as part of the study of ethics and as part of the study of epistemology (as well as focusing on reasons as part of the study of the philosophy of language and as part of the study of the philosophy of mind), the Handbook covers recent developments concerning the nature of normativity in general. A number of the contributions to the Handbook explicitly address such "metanormative" issues, bridging subfields as they do so. --

Normativity, Rationality and Reasoning

Normativity, Rationality and Reasoning
Author: John Broome
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-09-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0192558307

This volume is a selection of Broome's recent papers on normativity, rationality, and reasoning. It covers a variety of topics such as the meanings of 'ought', 'reason', and 'reasons'; the fundamental structure of normativity and the metaphysical priority of ought over reasons; the ownership - or agent-relativity - of oughts and reasons; the distinction between rationality and normativity; the notion of rational motivation; what characterizes the human activity of reasoning, and what is the role of normativity within it; the nature of preferences and of reasoning with preferences; and others. These papers extend the work presented in his book Rationality Through Reasoning but there is little overlap between their content and the book's. They develop further some themes and arguments from the book, and answer some questions that the book left unanswered.

Brute Rationality

Brute Rationality
Author: Joshua Gert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2004-08-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139454153

This book presents an account of normative practical reasons and the way in which they contribute to the rationality of action. Rather than simply 'counting in favour of' actions, normative reasons play two logically distinct roles: requiring action and justifying action. The distinction between these two roles explains why some reasons do not seem relevant to the rational status of an action unless the agent cares about them, while other reasons retain all their force regardless of the agent's attitude. It also explains why the class of rationally permissible action is wide enough to contain not only all morally required action, but also much selfish and immoral action. The book will appeal to a range of readers interested in practical reason in particular, and moral theory more generally.

Normative Bedrock

Normative Bedrock
Author: Joshua Gert
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2012-09-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199657548

Joshua Gert offers an original account of normative facts and properties, those which have implications for how we ought to behave. He argues that our ability to think and talk about normative notions such as reasons and benefits is dependent on how we respond to the world around us, including how we respond to the actions of other people.

From Normativity to Responsibility

From Normativity to Responsibility
Author: Joseph Raz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-12-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199693811

What are our duties or rights? How should we act? What are we responsible for? Joseph Raz examines the philosophical issues underlying these everyday questions. He explores the nature of normativity--the reasoning behind certain beliefs and emotions about how we should behave--and offers a novel account of responsibility.

Practical Reason and Norms

Practical Reason and Norms
Author: Joseph Raz
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1999-09-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0191018589

Practical Reason and Norms focuses on three problems: In what way are rules normative, and how do they differ from ordinary reasons? What makes normative systems systematic? What distinguishes legal systems, and in what consists their normativity? All three questions are answered by taking reasons as the basic normative concept, and showing the distinctive role reasons have in every case, thus paving the way to a unified account of normativity. Rules are a structure of reasons to perform the required act and an exclusionary reason not to follow some competing reasons. Exclusionary reasons are explained, and used to unlock the secrets of orders, promises, and decisions as well as rules. Games are used to exemplify normative systems. Inevitably, the analysis extends to some aspects of normative discourse, which is truth-apt, but with a diminished assertoric force.

Normative Reasons

Normative Reasons
Author: Artūrs Logins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2022-08-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1316513777

The first accessible, detailed overview of the debates about normative reasons, developing a new theory based on why-questions.