Rational powers in action : instrumental rationality and extended agency / Sergio Tenenbaum.
2020
BC177
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Title
Rational powers in action : instrumental rationality and extended agency / Sergio Tenenbaum.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191886096 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
BC177
Dewey Decimal Classification
128.33
Summary
'Rational Powers in Action' presents a conception of instrumental rationality as governing actions that are extended in time with indeterminate ends. Tenenbaum argues that previous philosophical theories in this area, in focusing on momentary snapshots of the mind of idealized agents, miss central aspects of human rationality.
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'Rational Powers in Action' presents a conception of instrumental rationality as governing actions that are extended in time with indeterminate ends. Tenenbaum argues that previous philosophical theories in this area, in focusing on momentary snapshots of the mind of idealized agents, miss central aspects of human rationality.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 25, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198851486
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