The Roots of Reason: Philosophical Essays on Rationality, Evolution, and Probability

ISBN-13: 9780199288717 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 252 str.

David Papineau

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Review from previous edition The book succeeds at presenting an articulated and coherent view in various areas of epistemology and philosophy of science, treating a series of issues ranging from the foundations of decision theory and probability to various interesting problems in the cognitive sciences ... The book is very well written. Its arguments flow quite naturally and clearly ... I do recommend reading the book to any person with interests overlapping any of these areas.