A Humean explanation of acting on normative reasons

This article presents a limited defense of Humeanism about practical reason. Jonathan Dancy and other traditional objective-reasons theorists (e.g., Schueler, Bittner) argue that all practical reasons, what we think about when we deliberate, are facts or states of affairs in the world. On the Humean...

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Published in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2021-12, Vol.199 (1/2), p.1269-1292
Main Author: Radcliffe, Elizabeth S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Belief & doubt
Cognition & reasoning
Desire
Education
Epistemology
Hume, David (1711-1776)
HUMEANISMS
Logic
Metaphysics
Motivation
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
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