J. Koons

Pragmatic Reasons

A Defense of Morality and Epistemology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel conception of rationality, can justify a range of important practices, including our practices of moral and epistemic evaluation, as well as our practice of making judgments regarding free will and moral responsibility.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-57696-4
• 2009
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780230576964
• ISBN-10: 0230576966
• Artikelnr.: 26180541

Autorenporträt

JEREMY RANDEL KOONS is Visiting Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He has held teaching positions at the American University of Beirut, the University of Hong Kong, and Stonehill College (Massachusetts). He has also published several articles in ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: PRAGMATISM AND NORMATIVITY Pragmatism, Causal Explanation, and Normative Facts Pragmatism and Rationality Pragmatism, Relativism, and Normative Discourse PART II: PRAGMATISM AND MORALITY Interests and Morality Pragmatism, Freedom, and Responsibility PART III: PRAGMATISM AND EPISTEMOLOGY Pragmatism and Epistemology Pragmatism, Internalism, and Externalism Bibliography Index