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Fink, Julian:
What is (Correct) Practical Reasoning?
In: Acta Analytica.
Vol. 28
(2013)
Issue 4
.
- pp. 471-482.
ISSN 1874-6349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-013-0191-7
Abstract in another language
This paper argues that practical reasoning is a mental process which leads a person from a set of existent mental states to an intention. In Section 1, I defend this view against two other proposals according to which practical reasoning either concludes in an action itself or in a normative belief. Section 2 discusses the correctness of practical reasoning and explains how the correctness of instrumental reasoning can be explained by the logical relations that hold between the contents of the mental states. In Section 3, I explore the correctness of normative practical reasoning. I conclude with the sceptical view that correct practical reasoning cannot require us to intend to do what we believe we ought to do.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Professor Practical Philosophy > Professor Practical Philosophy - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julian Fink Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Professor Practical Philosophy |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and psychology > 100 Philosophy |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2018 09:25 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2018 09:25 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/46069 |