256 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are a number of problems in philosophy that seem to share a similar possible solution: 'Why do promises and contracts bind?', 'Why ought citizens and judges obey the law?' and 'Can we realize the gains to be made from cooperation?'. All three problems (as well as some others) share a possible solution in the form of rational internal commitment. Reasons and Intentions is a... Read more
Contents: Preface; Reasons and intentions: an introduction, Bruno Verbeek; Friends, reasons and morals, David Gauthier; Rethinking rationality, Edward F. McClennen; Acting on an intention, Claire Finkelstein; Minimally constrained maximisation: an outline, Joe Mintoff; Temptation revisited, Michael E. Bratman; How rules affect practical reasoning, Scott J. Shapiro; Intentions and 2 models of human action, Thomas Pink; Intending for autonomous reasons, Govert den Hartogh; Intentions and plans in decision and game theory, Martin van Hees and Olivier Roy; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Bruno Verbeek is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
