Rules, reasons, and norms : selected essays / Philip Pettit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettit, Philip, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking.

Rules (Philosophy).

Decision making--Philosophy.

Decision making.

Choice (Psychology).

Social norms--Philosophy.

Social norms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 410 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Philip Pettit has drawn together here a series of interconnected essays on three subjects to which he has made notable contributions. The first part of the book deals with the rule-following character of thought. The second discusses the many factors to which choice is rationally responsive - and by reference to which choice can be explained - consistently with being under the control of thought. The third examines the implications of this multiple sensitivity for the normativeregulation of social affairs. Thus the volume covers a large swathe of territory, ranging from metaphysics to philosop

Contents:

I. Rules and Thought; II. Reasons and Choice; III. Norms and Regulation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-925186-X

1-282-05272-1

9786612052729

0-19-153079-4

OCLC:

320909670