Beings of thought and action : epistemic and practical rationality / Andy Mueller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mueller, Andy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practical reason.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In this book, Andy Mueller examines the ways in which epistemic and practical rationality are intertwined. In the first part, he presents an overview of the contemporary debates about epistemic norms for practical reasoning, and defends the thesis that epistemic rationality can make one practically irrational. Mueller proposes a contextualist account of epistemic norms for practical reasoning and introduces novel epistemic norms pertaining to ends and hope. In the second part Mueller considers current approaches to pragmatic encroachment in epistemology, ultimately arguing in favor of a new principle-based argument for pragmatic encroachment. While the book defends tenets of the knowledge-first programme, one of its main conclusions is thoroughly pragmatist: in an important sense, the practical has primacy over the epistemic.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part I Beings of Thought in Action

Chapter 1 Epistemic Encroachment on Practical Rationality

Chapter 2 Practical Reasoning, Ends, and the End of Hope

Chapter 3 Contexts, Costs, and Benefits

Chapter 4 Knowledge and Seemingly Risky Actions

Part II Beings of Action in Thought

Chapter 5 Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology

Chapter 6 Reasons for Belief and the Primacy of the Practical

Chapter 7 Assessing Potential Explanations of Pragmatic Encroachment

Chapter 8 Social Beings

Epilogue

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jun 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-99898-4

1-108-99920-4

1-108-99298-6

OCLC:

1258782458