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BL
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711903
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b534092
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| Title & Author
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Reason and nature : : essays in the theory of rationality /\ edited by José Luis Bermúdez and Alan Millar.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Clarendon Press ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2002.
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| Series Statement
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Mind Association occasional series
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| Page. NO
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viii, 286 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0199256837 (hc)
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: 9780199256839 (hc)
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| Notes
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Based on 2 conferences held in 1997 and 1998 at the University of Stirling.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction / Alan Millar and Jose Luis Bermudez -- Pt. I. Objectivity and Normativity -- 2. How Are Objective Epistemic Reasons Possible? / Paul Boghossian -- 3. On Basic Logical Knowledge: Reflections on Paul Boghossian's 'How Are Objective Epistemic Reasons Possible?' / Crispin Wright -- 4. Practical Reasoning / John Broome -- 5. Reasons for Action and Instrumental Rationality / Alan Millar -- Pt. II. Psychological Reality and Psychological Explanation -- 6. The Rational Analysis of Human Cognition / Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford -- 7. The Rational and the Real: Some Doubts about the Programme of 'Rational Analysis' / E. J. Lowe -- 8. The Rationality of Evolutionary Psychology / David E. Over
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| Abstract
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In a series of essays nine philosophers and two psychologists address three main themes: the status of norms of rationality; the precise form taken by them; and the role of norms in belief and actions.
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| Subject
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Rationalism, Congresses.
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| LC Classification
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B833.R46 2002
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| Added Entry
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Bermúdez, José Luis.
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Millar, Alan,Ph. D.
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