Rational Mind
«Illuminating book»
Ram Neta, Philosophical Studies
Scott Sturgeon presents an original account of mental states and their dynamics. He develops a detailed story of coarse- and fine-grained mental states, a novel perspective on how they fit together, an engaging theory of the rational transitions between them, and a fresh view of how formal methods can advance our understanding in this area. Les mer
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specialized languages-often seeming a lot more like mathematics than Plato-and so can alienate philosophers who are drawn to more traditional work on thought experiments in epistemic rationality. Conversely, informal epistemology appears to be a lot more like Plato than mathematics and, as such, it tends
to deter philosophers drawn to formal models of the phenomena. Similarly, the epistemology of coarse-grained states boils down everything to a discussion of rational belief-making the area appear a lot more like foundations of knowledge than anything useful for the theory rational decision, such as decision-making under uncertainty. The Rational Mind unifies work in all of these areas for the first time.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198845799
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«Illuminating book»
Ram Neta, Philosophical Studies
«Solutions to many puzzles about conditionally revising beliefs add to this book's value for epistemology and philosophical psychology. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty»
J. R. Shook, University of Buffalo, CHOICE