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The Rational Mind

Autor Scott Sturgeon
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Scott Sturgeon presents an original account of mental states and their dynamics. He develops a detailed story of coarse- and fine-grained mental states, a novel perspective on how they fit together, an engaging theory of the rational transitions between them, and a fresh view of how formal methods can advance our understanding in this area. In doing so, he addresses a deep four-way divide in literature on epistemic rationality. Formal epistemology is done in specialized languages--often seeming a lot more like mathematics than Plato--and so can alienate philosophers who are drawn to more traditional work on thought experiments in epistemic rationality. Conversely, informal epistemology appears to be a lot more like Plato than mathematics and, as such, it tends to deter philosophers drawn to formal models of the phenomena. Similarly, the epistemology of coarse-grained states boils down everything to a discussion of rational belief--making the area appear a lot more like foundations of knowledge than anything useful for the theory rational decision, such as decision-making under uncertainty. The Rational Mind unifies work in all of these areas for the first time.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198912255
ISBN-10: 0198912250
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Recenzii

Solutions to many puzzles about conditionally revising beliefs add to this book's value for epistemology and philosophical psychology. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty
Illuminating book
Sturgeon patiently explains the basic concepts, models, and philosophical motivations concerning two important areas in formal epistemology: Bayesian epistemology and rational belief revision. But the book is more than an introduction. Sturgeon offers insightful critique about the philosophical assumptions and significance of work in the two areas. He also defends a brand new metaphysical picture of cognitive states that aims to unify the current division between coarse-grained and fine-grained cognitive states. . . . there is no doubt that this book would serve as an excellent textbook in formal epistemology; and researchers in formal epistemology will surely benefit from the book's intricate discussion of the philosophical motivations and significance of formal models, as well as its brand new, force-based picture of cognitive states.
The Rational Mind ranges over a broad landscape of topics, problems and concepts, drawing links between different areas and offering, as Sturgeon aimed, a 'deep and pleasing vision' over the whole.

Notă biografică

Scott Sturgeon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Mind, Journal of Philosophy, Noûs, Philosophers' Imprint, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. He is the author of Matters of Mind: Consciousness, Reason and Nature (Routledge 2001).