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Clarke, D S

 
9781032383842: Practical Inferences (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 1032383844 ISBN 13: 9781032383842
Editorial: Routledge, 2022

Sinopsis

First published in 1985, Practical Inferences describes how practical inferences are used. Starting with relatively simple inference patterns exhibited in everyday prudential decisions, the author extends a basic structural framework to the more complex inferences used in assessing probabilities, and finally to moral inferences. In this way what have been regarded as disparate activities are shown to exhibit fundamental similarities. The author argues that at all levels of decision-making the practical inferences used contain at least one premise expressing the desires or preferences of the agent. This is in opposition to the dominant view in Western philosophy that desires must be regulated or evaluated by means of principles of conduct discovered by rational procedures. By examining the premises implied by holders of this view, the author shows that they are inadequate bases for justifying practical decisions. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy, logic and mathematics.

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D. S. Clarke, Jr

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2022
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1032383844
ISBN 13 
9781032383842
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
188
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9780710204158: Practical Inferences (International Library of Philosophy)

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ISBN 10:  0710204159 ISBN 13:  9780710204158
Editorial: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1985
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