Practical Reason in Historical and Systematic Perspective

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Practical Reason in Historical and Systematic Perspective

Edited by: James Conant and Dawa Ometto

Volume 19 in the series Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110981339

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The idea that there is a distinctively practical use of reason, and correspondingly a distinctively practical form of knowledge, unites many otherwise diverse voices in the history of practical philosophy: from Aristotle to Kant, from Rousseau to Marx, from Hegel to G.E.M. Anscombe, and many others. This volume gathers works by scholars who take inspiration from these and many other historical figures in order to deepen our systematic understanding of questions raised by their work that still are, or ought to be, at the center of contemporary philosophical debate: the form and nature of practical reasoning, agential self-consciousness or practical knowledge, how knowledge of the good relates to our motivational capacity, and the shape of philosophical thinking about sound forms of living together. Accordingly, the volume is divided into three parts: action theory, meta-ethics, and political philosophy. This fusion of perspectives delivers novel possibilities not only for answering the systematic questions outlined above, but also for understanding both what unifies and distinguishes those historical voices that have sought to articulate the concept of practical reason.

“This fascinating volume brings out the richness and profundity of an oft-neglected approach to understanding human agency, one that foregrounds action as itself an exercise of reason. Essays on ethics, mind, action, and political philosophy explore the history, substance, and implications of this idea, cutting across while also revealing the unity underlying various parts of philosophy that are typically treated separately.” – Eric Marcus, Auburn University

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James Conant, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA; Dawa Ometto, University of Leipzig, Leipzig.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Two Perspectives on Practical Reason and Practical Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Action & Practical Reasoning
Self-Consciousness in Acting John McDowell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
The Practical Syllogism Sebastian Rödl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
The Unity of a Practical Inference Jason Bridges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Kant on Practical Necessity Jennifer Ryan Lockhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Part II: Ethics and Meta-ethics
Against the Possibility of a Merely Instrumentally Rational Agent Rory O’Connell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Rousseau’s Conscience in Modern Moral Philosophy Douglas Lavin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Kant and the Freedom to Do What We Want Anastasia Berg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Part III: Political Philosophy
The Parts and Whole of Plato’s Republic Anton Ford and Benjamin Laurence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Philosophizing as Dying: Self-Knowledge and Reconciliation in Hegel Wolfram Gobsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
The Work of Human Hands: Marx on Humanity as Solidarity Alec Hinshelwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in practical philosophy and its history, meta-ethics, action theory, and German Idealism, libraries, institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 354
Keywords: practical knowledge; practical wisdom; moral motivation; practical reasoning

eBook

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783110981339

Hardcover

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783110995961