Thinking How to Live
Published on 1. July 2009
320 pages
978-0-674-03758-8 (ISBN)
Description
Gibbard considers how our actions, and our realities, emerge from the questions and decisions we form for ourselves. He investigates the very nature of the questions we ask ourselves when we ask how we should live, and clarifies the concept of "ought" by understanding the patterns of normative concepts involved in beliefs and decisions.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03758-8 (9780674037588)
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Person
Allan Gibbard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan.
Content
Contents Preface I. Preliminaries 1. Introduction: A Possibility Proof 2. Intuitionism as Template: Emending Moore II. The Thing to Do 3. Planning and Ruling Out: The Frege-Geach Problem 4. Judgment, Disagreement, Negation 5. Supervenience and Constitution 6. Character and Import III. Normative Concepts 7. Ordinary Oughts: Meaning and Motivation 8. Normative Kinds: Patterns of Engagement 9. What to Say about the Thing to Do: The Expressivistic Turn and What It Gains Us IV. Knowing What to Do 10. Explaining with Plans 11. Knowing What to Do 12. Ideal Response Concepts 13. Deep Vindication and Practical Confidence 14. Impasse and Dissent References Index
