The Normativity of Rationality

Awards:   "Winner of Winner of the 2018 Wolfgang Stegm^D""uller Award." Winner of Winner of the 2018 Wolfgang Stegmüller Award.
Author:   Benjamin Kiesewetter (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192845849


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   14 July 2021
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  • "Winner of Winner of the 2018 Wolfgang Stegm^D""uller Award."
  • Winner of Winner of the 2018 Wolfgang Stegmüller Award.

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Author:   Benjamin Kiesewetter (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9780192845849


ISBN 10:   0192845845
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   14 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: the normativity of rationality 2: Rationality, reasons, and criticism 3: Structural requirements of rationality 4: Bootstrapping and other detachment problems 5: The why-be-rational challenge 6: The myth of structural rationality 7: Rationality as responding correctly to reasons 8: An evidence-relative account of reasons 9: Explaining structural irrationality 10: Explaining instrumental irrationality

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A superb book... The Normativity of Rationality is excellent from start to finish. * John Brunero, The Philosophical Review * Benjamin Kiesewetter has written an exceptional book on an important and challenging topic... His book combines cleverness and originality with careful exploration of difficult terrain. It is ambitious. It contains genuine insight. I have been telling everyone who will listen that they should read it. I recommend it to you without reservation. * Clayton Littlejohn, Ethics * [A] tremendous book... thorough, powerful, sensible and clear... Anyone working on rationality and reasons will have to take into account Kiesewetter's formidable arguments; and anyone interested in the topic will enjoy and learn a great deal from this book. * Conor McHugh, Mind * Kiesewetter's book is... sophisticated,... extremely thorough, [and] crystal clear... No-one working on these topics can responsibly overlook it. * Alex Worsnip, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * An excellent book... Reading The Normativity of Rationality is a delightful experience for every philosopher interested in the subject of rationality. * Vuko Andric, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice * The Normativity of Rationality is a thoughtful, well-written, well-situated book that is as intriguing as it is illuminating. ... There is no doubt that this work is a must-read piece for those interested in the debates concerning rational requirements, and that it will provoke additional important discussion and research in the future. * Zachariah Wrublewski, Journal of Moral Philosophy * A must-read for anyone interested in themes at the intersection of reasons, rationality, and normativity. * Eva Schmidt, Zeitschrift fur philosophische Literatur * I can say without hesitation that in my opinion this is the best original work on this topic. * Nicholas Southwood, Australian National University * I very much enjoy reading philosophy at its best - the pleasure and excitement of finding one new insight after another until they lead up to a surprising conclusion is very much like the feeling you get from a good thriller. I've found Benjamin Kiesewetter's The Normativity of Rationality unputdownable for this reason - check it out! * Antti Kauppinen, University of Helsinki * This is one of the most persuasive and interesting treatments of rationality that I have read. * R. Jay Wallace, University of California, Berkeley *


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Benjamin Kiesewetter studied philosophy, German literature and cultural studies in Berlin, Nottingham, and Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2014, and worked as a lecturer and research associate at the Australian National University in Canberra, the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the University of Hamburg. He works on metaethics, reasons and rationality, children's rights and other normative issues in philosophy.

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