Contextuality in practical reason /

A. W. Price explores the varying ways in which context is relevant to our reasoning about what to do. He investigates the role of context in our interpretation and assessment of practical inferences (especially from one intention to another), practical judgements (especially involving the term '...

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Price, A. W.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
A. W. Price explores the varying ways in which context is relevant to our reasoning about what to do. He investigates the role of context in our interpretation and assessment of practical inferences (especially from one intention to another), practical judgements (especially involving the term 'ought'), inferences from conditional 'ought'-judgements, and the ascription to agents of reasons for action. Practical inferences are subject not to a special logic, but to a teleology thatthey share with action itself. Their inherent purpose is to forward an end of action, and not to be logically valid
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxxiv, 208 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-281-85319-4
9786611853198
0-19-153864-7
Schlagworte:
Situation ethics.
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