This book is simultaneously an exercise in biography-one with a tragic narrative, to boot-and a novel reconstruction and reframing of some of the central theories and texts of our canon. And it attempts to look at the theory of rationality from an unusual angle, by asking this question: what difference does it make to the shape and progress of someone's life whether he has one or another understanding of practical reasoning-that is, of how one ought to reason about what to do?
This book is simultaneously an exercise in biography-one with a tragic narrative, to boot-and a novel reconstruction and reframing of some of the central theories and texts of our canon. And it attempts to look at the theory of rationality from an unusual angle, by asking this question: what difference does it make to the shape and progress of someone's life whether he has one or another understanding of practical reasoning-that is, of how one ought to reason about what to do?Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Elijah Millgram is E. E. Ericksen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. Author of Practical Induction (Harvard UP), Ethics Done Right (Cambridge UP), Hard Truths (Wiley-Blackwell), and The Great Endarkenment (Oxford UP), he has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Inhaltsangabe
1 Introduction 2 From Principle to Project 3 Mill's Epiphany 4 Mill's Postdoc 5 How to Write a Letter of Recommendation 6 Logic and the Problem of Necessity 7 Mill's Incubus 8 Justice, Freedom of Speech and Other Higher Pleasures 9 Taking Liberties with Utilitarianism 10 Mill's Aftermath 11 A Very Quiet Traged 12 Concluding Remarks A Mill's Metaphysical Paradox Bibliography
1 Introduction 2 From Principle to Project 3 Mill's Epiphany 4 Mill's Postdoc 5 How to Write a Letter of Recommendation 6 Logic and the Problem of Necessity 7 Mill's Incubus 8 Justice, Freedom of Speech and Other Higher Pleasures 9 Taking Liberties with Utilitarianism 10 Mill's Aftermath 11 A Very Quiet Traged 12 Concluding Remarks A Mill's Metaphysical Paradox Bibliography
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