The Roots of Reason Philosophical Essays on Rationality, Evolution, and Probability
pdf | 2.54 MB | English | Author :David Papineau | 978-0199288717 | 2006 | Oxford University Press, USA

Book Description :

David Papineau presents a controversial view of human reason, portraying it as a normal part of the natural world, and drawing on the empirical sciences to illuminate its workings. In these six interconnected essays he discusses both theoretical and practical rationality, and sho how evolutionary theory, decision theory, and quantum mechanics offer fresh approaches to some long-standing problems.

Category : | Epistemology, Epistemology Philosophy, Consciousness & Thought Philosophy