Logins Normative Reasons

Between Reasoning and Explanation
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-08431-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

Reasons matter greatly to us in both ordinary and theoretical contexts, being connected to two fundamental normative concerns: figuring out what we should do and what attitudes to have, and understanding the duties and responsibilities that apply to us. This book introduces and critiques most of the contemporary theories of normative reasons considerations that speak in favor of an action, belief, or emotion - to explore how they work. Arturs Logins develops and defends a new theory: the Erotetic view of reasons, according to which normative reasons are appropriate answers to normative why questions (Why should I do this?). This theory draws on evidence of how why-questions work in informal logic, language and philosophy of science. The resulting view is able to avoid the problems of previous accounts, while retaining all of their attractive features, and it also suggests exciting directions for future research. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Logins, Arturs

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Stage Setting: Distinctions and Starting Points; 2. The Reasoning View; 3. The Explanation View; 4. The Evidence View; 5. New Proposal: The Erotetic View; 6. An Application of the Erotetic View: Overcoming the Evidentialism–Pragmatism Dispute.

Über Autor(innen)

Logins, Arturs
Arturs Logins is Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Fellow at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He works in epistemology and foundational normative questions, and has published papers in Philosophical Studies, Ethics, Analysis, Erkenntnis, European Journal of Philosophy, Thought and Inquiry.