Reasons for action

Esterhazy, Paulus (2013): Reasons for action. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion

Abstract

Reasons for action are considerations in the light of which we act. But just what is it that we attribute to a person when we credit her with a good reason? What sort of entity is on our minds when we deliberate about what we have reason to do? This book examines this question and evaluates a number of approaches to the philosophy of reasons, including normative realism, psychologism and Humeanism. The second half of the book contains the defense of a theory of reasons influenced by the writings of Wilfrid Sellars and Robert Brandom. This theory is further developed in relation to a number of recent topics in action theory, including the Guise of the Good thesis, internalism and the normativity of reasons.

• Item Type: Theses (Dissertation, LMU Munich)
• Keywords: reasons normativity Wilfrid Sellars Robert Brandom David Hume
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology; 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 190 Modern western philosophy
• Faculties: Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion
• Language: English
• Date of oral examination: 1. February 2013
• 1. Referee: Hübner, Johannes
• Signature of the printed copy: 0001/UMC 22591