Rational Powers In Action
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Author |
: Sergio Tenenbaum |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198851486 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198851480 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rational Powers in Action by : Sergio Tenenbaum
Human actions unfold over time, in pursuit of ends that are not fully specified in advance. Rational Powers in Action locates these features of the human condition at the heart of a new theory of instrumental rationality. Where many theories of rational agency focus on instantaneous choices between sharply defined outcomes, treating the temporally extended and partially open-ended character of action as an afterthought, this book argues that the deep structure of instrumental rationality can only be understood if we see how it governs the pursuit of long-term, indeterminate ends. These are ends that cannot be realized through a single momentary action, and whose content leaves partly open what counts as realizing the end. Sergio Tenenbaum argues that we need to focus on temporal duration and the indeterminacy of ends in intentional action, even to explain the rational governance of relatively simple actions. Theories of moment-by-moment preference maximization, or indeed any understanding of instrumental rationality on the basis of momentary mental items, cannot capture the fundamental structure of our instrumentally rational capacities. Tenenbaum provides a new theory of instrumental rationality as rationality in action.
Author |
: Sergio Tenenbaum |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2020-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192592279 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192592270 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rational Powers in Action by : Sergio Tenenbaum
Human actions unfold over time, in pursuit of ends that are not fully specified in advance. Rational Powers in Action locates these features of the human condition at the heart of a new theory of instrumental rationality. Where many theories of rational agency focus on instantaneous choices between sharply defined outcomes, treating the temporally extended and partially open-ended character of action as an afterthought, this book argues that the deep structure of instrumental rationality can only be understood if we see how it governs the pursuit of long-term, indeterminate ends. These are ends that cannot be realized through a single momentary action, and whose content leaves partly open what counts as realizing the end. Sergio Tenenbaum argues that we need to focus on temporal duration and the indeterminacy of ends in intentional action, even to explain the rational governance of relatively simple actions. Theories of moment-by-moment preference maximization, or indeed any understanding of instrumental rationality on the basis of momentary mental items, cannot capture the fundamental structure of our instrumentally rational capacities. Tenenbaum provides a new theory of instrumental rationality as rationality in action.
Author |
: Henry Stephen (of Calcutta.) |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 624 |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:HNQ8AA |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (AA Downloads) |
Synopsis Elements of Analytical Psychology by : Henry Stephen (of Calcutta.)
Author |
: Samuel Harris |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 618 |
Release |
: 1883 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:590464240 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The philosophical basis of theism by : Samuel Harris
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 784 |
Release |
: 1819 |
ISBN-10 |
: IBNF:CF990983875 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. By Abraham Rees, ... with the Assistance of Eminent Professional Gentlemen. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, by the Most Disinguished Artists. In Thirthy-nine Volumes. Vol. 1 [- 39] by :
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: Eric Marcus |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 279 |
Release |
: 2012-05-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674065338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674065336 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rational Causation by : Eric Marcus
We explain what people think and do by citing their reasons, but how do such explanations work, and what do they tell us about the nature of reality? Contemporary efforts to address these questions are often motivated by the worry that our ordinary conception of rationality contains a kernel of supernaturalism-a ghostly presence that meditates on sensory messages and orchestrates behavior on the basis of its ethereal calculations. In shunning this otherworldly conception, contemporary philosophers have focused on the project of "naturalizing" the mind, viewing it as a kind of machine that converts sensory input and bodily impulse into thought and action. Eric Marcus rejects this choice between physicalism and supernaturalism as false and defends a third way. He argues that philosophers have failed to take seriously the idea that rational explanations postulate a distinctive sort of causation-rational causation. Rational explanations do not reveal the same sorts of causal connections that explanations in the natural sciences do. Rather, rational causation draws on the theoretical and practical inferential abilities of human beings. Marcus defends this position against a wide array of physicalist arguments that have captivated philosophers of mind for decades. Along the way he provides novel views on, for example, the difference between rational and nonrational animals and the distinction between states and events.
Author |
: Hector James Wright Hetherington |
Publisher |
: London : Hodder and Stoughton |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1925 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015059869480 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Jones by : Hector James Wright Hetherington
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: Thomas Reid |
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: |
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: |
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: 1812 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:4829624 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Of the rational principles of action by : Thomas Reid
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: Francis Andrew March |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1502 |
Release |
: 1925 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105129721804 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis March's Thesaurus Dictionary by : Francis Andrew March
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: Francis Andrew March |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1348 |
Release |
: 1906 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:319510020943108 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language by : Francis Andrew March