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The literature on theoretical reason has been dominated by epistemological concerns, treatments of practical reason by ethical concerns. This book overcomes the limitations of dealing with each separately. It sets out a comprehensive theory of rationality applicable to both practical and
theoretical reason. In both domains, Audi explains how experience grounds rationality, delineates the structure of central elements, and attacks the egocentric conception of rationality. He establishes the rationality of altruism and thereby supports major moral principles. The concluding part
describes the pluralism and relativity his conception of rationality accommodates and, taking the unified account of theoretical and practical rationality in that light, constructs a theory of global rationality--the overall rationality of persons. Rich in narrative examples, intriguing analogies,
and intuitively appealing arguments, this beautifully crafted book will spur advances in ethics and epistemology as well in philosophy of mind and action and the theory of rationality itself.
Robert Audi is Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His books include The Structure of Justification (1993), Action, Intention, and Reason (1993), Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character (Oxford, 1997) and The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (2nd Ed., 1999).
Show moreThe literature on theoretical reason has been dominated by epistemological concerns, treatments of practical reason by ethical concerns. This book overcomes the limitations of dealing with each separately. It sets out a comprehensive theory of rationality applicable to both practical and
theoretical reason. In both domains, Audi explains how experience grounds rationality, delineates the structure of central elements, and attacks the egocentric conception of rationality. He establishes the rationality of altruism and thereby supports major moral principles. The concluding part
describes the pluralism and relativity his conception of rationality accommodates and, taking the unified account of theoretical and practical rationality in that light, constructs a theory of global rationality--the overall rationality of persons. Rich in narrative examples, intriguing analogies,
and intuitively appealing arguments, this beautifully crafted book will spur advances in ethics and epistemology as well in philosophy of mind and action and the theory of rationality itself.
Robert Audi is Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His books include The Structure of Justification (1993), Action, Intention, and Reason (1993), Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character (Oxford, 1997) and The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (2nd Ed., 1999).
Show moreRobert Audi is Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His books include The Structure of Justification (1993), Action, Intention, and Reason (1993), Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character (Oxford, 1997) and The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (2nd Ed., 1999).
"Robert Audi's new book is magisterial in tone and subject matter.
It attempts nothing less than a unified account of reason. It
displays his customary wisdom, restraint, and balanced judgement.
And, like his other works, it is written impeccably, indeed
elegantly."--Panayot Butchvarov, University of Iowa.
"Audi has produced a work of breathtakingly broad scope. He has
given us a completely general theory of rationality--of belief,
desires, action, and persons. By viewing these forms of rationality
together he reveals surprising commonalities, and by integrating
these diverse applications he enables each part of the scene to
throw light on the others. On the one hand, the book provides
meticulous and discriminating treatment of both familiar and new
issues
concerning belief, intrinsic and instrumental values, the relation
of desire, belief, and action, and much more. But this is all
carried out in the context of the larger scheme in which the
particular
problems are seen from the standpoint of the overarching account of
rationality. This work will be the focus of discussions of
rationality for some time to come." --William P. Alston, Syracuse
University
"Robert Audi's new book is magisterial in tone and subject matter.
It attempts nothing less than a unified account of reason. It
displays his customary wisdom, restraint, and balanced judgement.
And, like his other works, it is written impeccably, indeed
elegantly."--Panayot Butchvarov, University of Iowa.
"Audi has produced a work of breathtakingly broad scope. He has
given us a completely general theory of rationality--of belief,
desires, action, and persons. By viewing these forms of rationality
together he reveals surprising commonalities, and by integrating
these diverse applications he enables each part of the scene to
throw light on the others. On the one hand, the book provides
meticulous and discriminating treatment of both familiar and new
issues
concerning belief, intrinsic and instrumental values, the relation
of desire, belief, and action, and much more. But this is all
carried out in the context of the larger scheme in which the
particular
problems are seen from the standpoint of the overarching account of
rationality. This work will be the focus of discussions of
rationality for some time to come." --William P. Alston, Syracuse
University
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