ISBN : 9780198805441
Jonathan Dancy aims to establish the possibility of reasoning to action, by showing how similar such reasoning is to reasoning to belief. He offers a general theory of reasoning, which smoothly admits the differences there may be between reasoning to action and reasoning to belief, while also considering the possibility of reasoning to hope, to fear, to doubt, and to intention.
Introduction
1 What Is the (Supposed) Problem about Practical Reasoning?
2 How Practical Reasoning is Possible
3 The Material Theory of Practical Reasoning
4 From the Practical to the Theoretical
5 Moral Reasoning
6 Taking Stock
7 Instrumental Reasoning
8 Reasoning to Normative Belief
9 Reasoning to Intention
10 Loose Ends