Reasons without persons : rationality, identity, and time / Brian Hedden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedden, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practical reason.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 210 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Rationality, identity, and time

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brian Hedden defends a radical view about rationality, personal identity, and time. He argues that what it is rational to do should not depend on your past beliefs or actions, which are not part of your current perspective on the world. His impersonal approach holds that what rationality demands of you is solely determined by your evidence.

Contents:

1. Time-Slice Rationality

1.1. Rationality, Personhood, and Time

1.2. Time-Slice Rationality

1.3. The Roles of Rationality

1.4. Looking Ahead

2. General Motivations

2.1. Personal Identity

2.2. Internalism

3. Against Diachronic Principles

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Against Conditionalization

3.3. Diachronic Principles for Preferences

4. Against Reflection Principles

4.1. Reflection for Beliefs

4.2. Reflection for Preferences

5. The Diachronic Tragedy Argument

5.1. Conditionalization and Reflection

5.2. Utility Conditionalization

5.3. Preference Reflection

5.4. Other Cases of Diachronic Tragedy

5.5. Common Structure

6. Options and Time-Slice Practical Rationality

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Rationality and the Subjective Ought

6.3. The Problem of Options

6.4. Skirting the Issue : A Minimalist Proposal

6.5. Desiderata for a Theory of Options

6.6. Unsuccessful Theories of Options.

Note continued: 6.7. Options as Decisions

6.8. Options and the Semantics of Ought

7. Options and Diachronic Tragedy

7.1. Diachronic Tragedy and the Prisoner's Dilemma

7.2. Depragmatization and the No Way Out Argument

7.3. Rationality and the Stability of Intentions

8. Replacing Diachronic Principles

8.1. Replacing Conditionalization

8.2. Replacing Utility Conditionalization

8.3. Coda : Uniqueness, Coherence, and Kolodny

9. Replacing Reflection Principles

9.1. Expert Deference

9.2. Preference Deference

10. Doxastic Processes and Responsibility

10.1. Doxastic Justification

10.2. What about Reasoning?

10.3. Rational Evidence-Gathering

11. Rationality and the Subject's Point of View.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-104658-2

0-19-179674-3

0-19-104657-4

OCLC:

912875048