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Engaging Reason: On the Theory of Value and Action

Book by Joseph Raz; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Reason, Values

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...think or thought they have reason to do. Reasons, in short, are considerations...reasons which presuppose other reasons: if you have reason to sit down choose a comfortable...with the explanation of reasons. A complete reason consists of all the facts...
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Reasons and Purposes: Human Rationality and the Teleological Explanation of Action

Book by G. F. Schueler; Clarendon, 2003

Subjects:

Intentionality (Philosophy), Practical Reason

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...of reading Actions, Reasons and Causes. Perhaps that constitutes reason for thinking that the...understanding of Actions, Reasons and Causes needs to be...genuine teleology in reasons explanations, this is...substitutes the term motivating reason for Davidsons primary...
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Reasons without Rationalism

Book by Kieran Setiya; Princeton University Press, 2007

Subjects:

Act (Philosophy), Practical Reason, Virtue

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...that are not good reasons; and by ones that...asking about someones reason for acting on a given...reason, A did for the reason that p does not entail...that p was a good reason for A to . (This is true even if reasons must be seen under...
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Hume's Reason

Book by David Owen; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Hume, David--1711-1776--Contributions In Concept Of Reason, Reason--History--18th Century

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...therefore, are not the conclusions of our reason ( T 457). But if the conclusion of Book I is that on no conception of reason does it explain our beliefs, these...if there is no substantive role that reason plays, then nothing is ruled out by...
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Reason and Horror: Critical Theory, Democracy, and Aesthetic Individuality

Book by Morton Schoolman; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Democracy, Enlightenment, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes, Individualism, Reason

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to live without the violence of which reason is suspected to be a transcendental cause...urging that we look to art to free us from reason. From that standpoint, we look to art because it appears to be the opposite of reason. This misreading of Adornos aesthetic...

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The Unity and Authority of Reason

Journal article by B.C. Postow; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, 2002

Subjects:

Engaging Reason: On the Theory and Value of Action (Book), The Authority of Reason (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...counting non-desire-based reasons, such as the reason to avoid inner disruption...theoretical and practical reason is that practical reasons may seem to lack the unconditional...is it to be a genuine reason? Raz understands reasons as "grounds which make...
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Respect, Recognition, and Public Reason

Journal article by James W. Boettcher; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 33, 2007

Subjects:

Liberalism--Analysis, Reason--Analysis, Respect--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...responsibility for public reasons requirements or to criticize...of the idea of public reason by a politically active...Lott, "Restraint on Reasons and Reasons for Restraint: A Problem...Rawls Ideal of Public Reason," Pacific Philosophical...
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Adam Smith's Reconstruction of Practical Reason

Journal article by Maria Alejandra Carrasco; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 58, 2004

Subjects:

Metaphysics--Research, Reason--Research

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...underestimate the role played by reason in this system. Although...historical and contextual reasons. In Smiths time the concept of practical reason was in complete disuse...far as those are ones reasons, it is as if one had...deliberating at all)"; Reason and Human Good, 9...
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Moral Sense and Natural Reason

Journal article by Maria Elton; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 62, 2008

Subjects:

Hutcheson, Francis--Criticism and interpretation, Morality--Analysis, Philosophers--Criticism and interpretation, Reason--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Thomas Aquinas for two reasons: first, because of...and Thomistic "natural reason"; and second, because...and no end conceived by reason can come before them. So there are no exciting reasons prior to affection...because they mean that reason is not capable of knowing...
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Egoism and the Publicity of Reason: A Reply to Korsgaard

Journal article by Michael J. Cholbi; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 25, 1999

Subjects:

Agent (Philosophy)--Evaluation, Conduct of life--Moral and ethical aspects, Egotism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Reason--Evaluation

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...the person for whom it is a reason. Agent-relative reasons contain an irreducibly subjective...relative.(15) How then can a reasons being a reason for A depend on As being...Korsgaard proposing that both reason and reasons are public? Regrettably...

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A Passion for Truth: The Way of Faith and Reason

Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, December 1998

Subjects:

Encyclicals, Papal--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Faith--Analysis, John Paul II, Pope--Records and correspondence, Popes--Records and correspondence, Reason--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...St. Paul affirms reasons capacity for knowledge of God, but reason was "wounded" and...and ontologism) of reasons natural capacities...taught that faith and reason, revelation and...few theologians." Reasons for this lack of...philosophys distrust of reason, a disordered preoccupation...
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J. Paul Reason: The Navy's First Black Four-Star Admiral

Magazine article by Hans J. Massaquoi; Ebony, Vol. 53, April 1998

Subjects:

Admirals--Biography, African Americans--Military aspects, Reason, J. Paul--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...farthest thing from young Reasons mind, but by coincidence...offered to nominate Reason, a junior, for a spot. Reason agreed, and when he...lasting effect on young Reasons career. That man was...admiral. Midshipman Reason had gone to Washington...
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Faith: The Triumph of Reason: Today's Atheists Charge That Religion Is a Delusion. They May Be Surprised to Learn That the Philosophical "Father of Rationalism" Was Himself a Believer in God

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 23, December 24, 2007

Subjects:

Atheists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Faith--Psychological aspects, Reason--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Philosophy, Entire Library

...comport with the human faculty of reason? Is this claim made by God...seem that it falls afoul of reason in that it is not a falsifiable...weighty and well-considered reasons," he wrote in his First Meditation...Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, he wrote in his most famous...
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The Assault on Reason

Magazine article by Christopher Rasmussen; The Humanist, Vol. 67, September 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Assault on Reason (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

The Assault on Reason. by Christopher Rasmussen The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Penguin Press, 2007) 320 pp.; $25.95 "WHY DO REASON, LOGIC, AND TRUTH seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions...
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The Flight from Reason

Magazine article by Gerald F. Kreyche; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 124, July 1995

Subjects:

Rationalism--Public opinion, Reason--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

The Flight from Reason. by Gerald F. Kreyche THE U.S. came...Enlightenment, also called the Age of Reason. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin...broken away from medieval myth to extol reason and observation. The guiding motivation...

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Reason Should Prevail over Passion

Newspaper article by Manuel R. Pamaran; Manila Bulletin, January 4, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Reason Should Prevail over Passion. by Manuel...the acquittal or conviction is based on reason, irrespective of the bias and prejudice...would like, for no valid and plausible reason, to disrupt the orderly proceedings as...
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THE REAL REASON SVEN WAS CLEARED; Key Evidence in Eriksson Inquirywas Ruled out by the FA as an Invasion of His Privacy

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 8, 2004

Subjects:

Premier League

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

THE REAL REASON SVEN WAS CLEARED; Key Evidence in Eriksson...Football Association thought they had found a reason to fire him; not for poor results, nor...and almost four years on the Swede has reason to be grateful. The legal advice from...
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A Reason to Love

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 24, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

A Reason to Love. ldquo;The greatest love a person...imperative that you identify your motive and reason of loving and to whom that love is given...rdquo; because it is based on justice and reason. This kind of love transcends cultural...
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Marriage Traps to Avoid; Experts Give Their Tips on Right and Wrong Reasons for Getting Married, So You Can Make It Last Forever

Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), June 6, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...TOO many people get married for the wrong reasons. That may help explain why so many marriages...marital experts give the top five right reasons and top five wrong reasons to get married. * WRONG REASON NUMBER 1: Sexual attraction may not last...
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Some Fun in 'Diary' Copy; Bridget Retains Her Messed-Up Charm in 'Reason'

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 12, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Retains Her Messed-Up Charm in Reason. Byline: Scott Galupo, THE...sequel for two pretty solid reasons. The author of the source...Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," she tries, in her nobly...follow-up. "The Edge of Reason" is all too content to carbon...

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Reason, Age Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

REASON, AGE OF see Enlightenment . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Scholasticism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...thought was the conjunction of faith and reason. For the greatest of the scholastics, this meant the use of reason to deepen the understanding of what is...faith. It was in the course of applying reason to faith that medieval thinkers developed...
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Rationalism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

RATIONALISM Lat.,=belonging to reason, in philosophy, a theory that holds that reason alone, unaided by experience, can arrive at...coherence in reality or discredits the ability of reason to discern such coherence. Irrational philosophies...
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Kant, Immanuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Vernunft (1781, tr. Critique of Pure Reason ). This work inaugurated his so-called...Vernunft (1788, tr. Critique of Practical Reason ), and Kritik der Urteilskraft (1790...1793, tr. Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone ) provoked a government order to...
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Thomas Aquinas, Saint

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...not only in their rigid application of reason, but also in their Latin diction, which...matter of faith. St. Thomas held that reason and faith constitute two harmonious realms...the truths of faith complement those of reason; both are gifts of God, but reason has...

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