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Belief, inference, and the self-conscious mind / Eric Marcus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marcus, Eric, 1968- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reason--Philosophy.
- Reason.
- Self-consciousness (Awareness).
- Philosophy of mind.
- Necessity (Philosophy).
- Belief and doubt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- It is impossible to hold contradictory beliefs in mind together at once. Eric Marcus examines the nature of belief and inference, in light of the phenomenon of rational necessity, to reveal how the unity of the rational mind is a function of our knowledge of ourselves as bound to believe the true.
- Contents:
- Belief and Judgment
- The Self-Consciousness of Belief
- Making Nonsense of Moore's Paradox
- The Challenge for an Account of Inference
- Inference without Regress
- The Unity of the Rational Mind
- Conclusion: Philosophical Judgment.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-157) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-266048-9
- 0-19-193784-3
- 0-19-266049-7
- OCLC:
- 1243261750
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