Scott Sturgeon

The Rational Mind

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In The Rational Mind, Scott Sturgeon 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 on the ways in which formal efforts in the area should work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 150mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780198845799
• ISBN-10: 0198845790
• Artikelnr.: 58408949

Autorenporträt

Scott Sturgeon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Mind, Journal of Philosophy, Noûs, Philosophers' Imprint, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. He is the author of Matters of Mind: Consciousness, Reason and Nature (Routledge 2001).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Guided Tour
2: The Bayesian Model (Probabilism)
3: The Bayesian Theory of States: Critical Discussion
4: The Bayesian Transition Theory: Critical Discussion
5: The Belief Model (AGM)
6: Critical Discussion of the Belief Model
7: Conditional Commitment and the Ramsey Test
8: Puzzling about Epistemic Attitudes
9: Belief-First Epistemology
10: Credence-First Epistemology: Strengths and Challenges
11: Force-Based Attitudes
12: Force-Based Confidence at Work
13: Inference and Rationality