Instrumental rationality : the normativity of means-ends coherence / John Brunero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunero, John, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practical reason.

Ends and means.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 229 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Normativity of means-ends coherence

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Rationality requires that we intend the means that we believe are necessary for achieving our ends. 'Instrumental Rationality' explores the formulation and status of this requirement of means-ends coherence. In particular, it is concerned with understanding what means-ends coherence requires of us as believers and agents, and why.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

1.1 The Roadmap

1.2 Kant on Hypothetical Imperatives

1.3 Contemporary Interest

1.4 Formulating Means-Ends Coherence: The Instrumental Belief

1.5 Conclusion

2. Bootstrapping

2.1 Clarifying the Question

2.2 The Bootstrapping Objection

2.3 Rational Deliberation and Tie-Breaking Reasons

2.4 Promotion and Insufficient Means

2.5 Conclusion

3. Scope

3.1 Rational Requirements

3.2 The Case for Wide-Scoping

3.3 The Case for Narrow-Scoping

3.4 Conclusion

4. Normativity I

4.1 Normative Disjunctivism

4.2 Is Normative Disjunctivism True?

4.3 Does It Support the Myth Theory?

4.4 Conclusion

5. Normativity II

5.1 Reasons to be Rational

5.2 Against Strong Normativity

5.3 Subjective Oughts

5.4 Conclusion

6. Belief

6.1 Cognitivism with the Strong Belief Thesis

6.2 Cognitivism without the Strong Belief Thesis

6.3 Problems for Cognitivism's Explanatory Claim

6.4 Conclusion

7. Intention

7.1 The Aim of Intention

7.2 Non-Normative Disjunctivism

7.3 Conclusion

8. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 9, 2020).

ISBN:

0-19-180914-4

0-19-106394-0

0-19-106395-9