Aspects of Reason

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-824252-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

Reasons and reasoning were central to the work of Paul Grice, one of the

most influential and admired philosophers of the late twentieth century. In

the John Locke Lectures that Grice delivered in Oxford at the end of the

1970s, he set out his fundamental thoughts about these topics; Aspects of

Reason is the long-awaited publication of those lectures.

The focal point is an investigation of practical necessity (the necessity of

'I must not torture' or 'I must go to law school' for example). Grice

contends that practical necessities are established by derivation; they are

necessary because they are derivable. Aspects of Reason sets this claim in

the context of an account of reasons and reasoning. This allows Grice to

defend his treatment of necessity against obvious objections, also revealing

how the construction of explicit derivations can play a central role in

explaining as well as justifying thought and action. Grice was still working

on Aspects of Reason during the last years of his life; unpolished as it is,

the book provides an intimate glimpse into the workings of his mind. This

rich and subtle work, powerfully evocative of its author, will refresh and

illuminate many areas of contemporary philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grice, Paul

Warner, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: Grice on Reasons and Rationality

- Proem

- 1: Reasons and Reasoning

- 2: Reason and Reasons

- 3: Practical and Alethic Reasoning (I)

- 4: Practical and Alethic Reasoning (2)

- 5: Some Reflections about Ends and Happiness

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Grice (1913-1988) was Fellow of St John's College, and, until his retirement in 1980, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard Warner is Professor of Philosophy at Chicago-Kent College of Law.