The roots of reason [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical essays on rationality, evolution, and probability / / David Papineau

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451870603321
• Autore: Papineau David <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-75624-1; 0-19-152949-4; 0-19-151608-2; 1-4294-2210-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 128/.33
• Soggetti: Philosophy of mind; Naturalism; Reason; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1. Normativity and Judgement; 2. The Evolution of Knowledge; 3. The Evolution of Means-End Reasoning; 4. Probability as a Guide to Life: Co-authored with Helen Beebee; 5. Causation as a Guide to Life; 6. Uncertain Decisions and the Many-Minds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: David Papineau presents a controversial view of human reason, portraying it as a normal part of the natural world, and drawing on the empirical sciences to illuminate its workings. In these six interconnected essays he discusses both theoretical and practical rationality, and shows how evolutionary theory, decision theory, and quantum mechanics offer fresh approaches to some long-standing problems. - ;David Papineau presents a controversial view of human reason, portraying it as a normal part of the natural world, and drawing on the empirical sciences to illuminate its workings. In these six i