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Rationality in action / John R. Searle

Por: Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries Jean Nicod lecturesEditor: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2001]Fecha de copyright: ©2001Descripción: xvi, 303 páginas ; 21 cmTipo de contenido:
  • imagen fija
  • texto
Tipo de medio:
  • sin mediación
ISBN:
  • 0262194635
  • 9780262194631
  • 0262692821
  • 9780262692823
Tema(s): Clasificación LoC:
  • BC 177 S43.2001
Contenidos:
1. The classical model of rationality and its weaknesses -- 2. The basic structure of intentionality, action, and meaning -- 3. The gap : of time and the self -- 4. The logical structure of reasons -- 5. Some special features of practical reason : strong altruism as a logical requirement -- 6. How we create desire-independent reasons for action -- 7. Weakness of will -- 8. Why there is no deductive logic of practical reason -- 9. Consciousness, free action, and the brain.
Resumen: The study of rationality and practical reason, or rationality in action, has been central to Western intellectual culture. In this book, John Searle lays out six claims of what he calls the Classical Model of rationality and shows why they are false. He then presents an alternative theory.
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1. The classical model of rationality and its weaknesses -- 2. The basic structure of intentionality, action, and meaning -- 3. The gap : of time and the self -- 4. The logical structure of reasons -- 5. Some special features of practical reason : strong altruism as a logical requirement -- 6. How we create desire-independent reasons for action -- 7. Weakness of will -- 8. Why there is no deductive logic of practical reason -- 9. Consciousness, free action, and the brain.

The study of rationality and practical reason, or rationality in action, has been central to Western intellectual culture. In this book, John Searle lays out six claims of what he calls the Classical Model of rationality and shows why they are false. He then presents an alternative theory.