Practical Reflection
9781575865348
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Practical Reflection
“What do you see when you look at your face in the mirror?” asks J. David Velleman in introducing his philosophical theory of action. He takes this simple act of self-scrutiny as a model for the reflective reasoning of rational agents: our efforts to understand our existence and conduct are aided by our efforts to make it intelligible. Reflective reasoning, Velleman argues, constitutes practical reasoning. By applying this conception, Practical Reflection develops philosophical accounts of intention, free will, and the foundation of morals. This new edition of Practical Reflection contains the original 1989 text along with a new introduction and is the latest entry in The David Hume Series of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Reissues, which keeps in print previously published indispensable works in the area of cognitive science.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the David Hume Series Edition
Introduction
PART ONE: AN AGENT’S SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Chapter One: Self-Understanding
Chapter Two: Self-Awareness
PART TWO: ASPECTS OF AGENCY
Chapter Three: Practical Reasoning
Introduction to the David Hume Series Edition
Introduction
PART ONE: AN AGENT’S SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Chapter One: Self-Understanding
Chapter Two: Self-Awareness
PART TWO: ASPECTS OF AGENCY
Chapter Three: Practical Reasoning
Chapter Four: Intentions
Chapter Five: Freedom
Chapter Six: Autonomy
Chapter Seven: Reasons for Acting
PART THREE: AGENCY EXTENDED
Chapter Eight: Into the Future
Chapter Nine: Below the Surface
PART FOUR: RATIONALITY AND VALUE
Chapter Ten: Evaluative Reasoning
Chapter Eleven: Morality
BIBLIOGRPAHY
INDEX
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